During the twentieth century, the imperialist model stimulated tensions and competition among capitalist powers, who invested heavily in armaments to protect their territories. At the same time, the diplomacy of these nations worked to build military alliances that offered guarantees in a possible major conflict.
However, the US was a measure that went against this trend, introducing the "open door policy". According to this precept, all the great capitalist nations would have equal rights in carrying out the colonization and administration of their territories. In this way, the climate of competition and distrust would be reversed and this was the main objective.
The Open Door policy proposed to keep China open to trade with all countries on an equal basis; therefore, no international power would have full control of the country. Hope I helped. :)
I think he is reminding the American people that our
ancestors fought hard to establish this country. He tells that we should proud of who we are
and where we come from and we should always defend the ideals of democracy both
here and abroad.
