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The Open Door Policy

By Justin Nelson

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• What are the Characteristics of a world power?

• Which countries today would you consider to be world powers and why?

Open Door Policy

•China was in chaos both politically and economically at the end of the 19th century

•At this time China was not viewed as a sovereign nation

•The world powers of the time, Britain, France, Japan, Prussia, and the United States plotted how to gain the most influence in China

• How would you have attempted to gain influence in China if you were the United States?

• Fall 1898, President McKinley stated his desire for all trading nations to have access to Chinese markets

• This was known as the Open Door Policy

• The next year, Secretary of State John Hay sent diplomatic notes to the other world powers to raise support for the policy

• Hay’s Open Door proposal called for:

a) Equal trading rights to all nations in all parts of China

b) The recognition of Chinese territorial integrity

For more information on Hay’s Open Door Policy click HERE

• What effect do you think this policy would have had on the balance of world powers in the region?

• No nations formally agreed with Hay’s proposal

• Hays announced that an agreement had been reached anyway

• Only Russia and Japan voiced displeasure

• It appeared as if the United States had advanced a reform viewpoint

• In reality, the US had no sphere of influence in China

• If other nations divided China amongst themselves the US would be unlikely to maintain any trade in China

• Hays was attempting to protect the chance for American businessmen and investors to profit in China

CA 11th Grade US History Content Standard:

• 11.4 Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century.

– 1. List the purpose and the effects of the Open Door policy.