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Open Door Policy. The Open Door Policy is a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, as enunciated in Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Note, dated September 6, 1899 and dispatched to the major European powers.
Saw China as an opportunity to assert iteslf as a power amongst European countries. America needed spheres of influence around the world. John Hay introduced Open Door Policy. Gave European Countries, Japan, and U.S. opportunity to assert seperate control by seperating it into equal parts. (all nations would have an equal footing) In 1900 Secretary of State John Hay announced what became known as the Open Door policy with regard to China.