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The natural resource from the Congo that made King Leopold wealthy was

1.rubber
2.diamonds
3.O gold
4.uranium

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Rubber

Step-by-step explanation:

Leopold extracted a fortune from the Congo, initially by the collection of ivory, and after a rise in the price of rubber in the 1890s, by forced labor from the natives to harvest and process rubber.

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