In response to the growing influence of outsiders in their country, a Chinese nationalist group launched the Boxer Rebellion. As the rebellion ensued, Secretary of State John
Hay reasserted America's Open Door Policy.
What was the goal of the Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Policy?
A. to gain equal trade rights for American commerce in China
B. to drive European imperialists out of China
C. to prevent another rebellion from erupting in China
D. to carve out an American sphere of influence in China

A. to gain equal trade rights for American commerce in China

Explanation:

the urdan working class

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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