The Open Door Policy, initiated by the United States, aimed to ensure equal trading rights for all nations in China and to prevent any single power from controlling the country, thus calming the pace of Western imperialism.

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The Open Door Policy

Question 23

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A) was initiated by the German government.
B) formally terminated the spheres of influence in China.
C) increased Western control over tariffs and quotas within each sphere of influence.
D) served to calm the increasingly frantic pace of Western imperialism in China.
E) was initiated by the United States as an altruistic effort to preserve Chinese independence.

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