The assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 lead to the Vice-President Lyndon Johnson becoming president of the United States, Johnson continued Kennedy's civil rights program and escalated the war in Vietnam. Elected in 1964 in his own right, he did not run again in 1968 because of opposition to the Vietnam War.
The Berlin Conference<span> of 1884–85, also known as the Congo </span>Conference<span> or West Africa </span>Conference<span>, regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power</span>