Answer: B) African countries were not invited nor welcomed to this meeting.
All of the 14 participants of the Berlin Conference were European, with the exception of the Ottoman Empire which, even thou it controlled some territories in northern Africa, they were autonomous territories.
Besides that fact, there was no participation by any African country, since the conference´s goal was to regulate European colonialism and trade throughout Africa.
The reality of JFK's short presidency doesn't really compare with the notice of Camelot popularly associated with it. The Bay of Pigs and his summit in Vienna with Nikita Khrushchev were complete failures. He got very few legislative proposal through Congress. He appeared to be a young, strong leader, when he was actually a very sick man throughout his life. He was also a notorious philanderer
President Harry Truman succeeded president Roosevelt after his death in 1945, as he was his vice president. He would later win general elections to become President.
During his tenure, he oversaw the initial efforts for the economic rehabilitation of Europe after the Second World War. He also had to deal with the Korean War in 1950. After gaining the approval of the United Nations to get involved in the War, he sent troops to aid South Korea against the invasion of North Korea, which was supported by Communist China. His advantaged resided in the United States alliance with NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), which also backed him in his military affairs to repel the North Korean Invasion.
<span>strengthened their military and their desire to expand their Empires.</span>
