Question

Choose all that apply. What were three conditions of the Berlin Conference of 1884–85?
Slave trade was allowed.
Most lakes and waterways were considered neutral.
Africa would be divided among European nations and America.
The Congo would stay in Belgian hands.
Slave trade was prohibited.

Answer 1



The conference of Berlin

The Berlin Conference of 1884–85, also known as the Congo Conference (German: Kongokonferenz) or West Africa Conference(Westafrika-Konferenz),[1] regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power. The conference was organized by Otto von Bismarck, first Chancellor of Germany; its outcome, the General Act of the Berlin Conference, can be seen as the formalization of the Scramble for Africa. The conference ushered in a period of heightened colonial activity by European powers, which eliminated or overrode most existing forms of African autonomy and self-governance.[2]