The Open Door policy was written in 1899. The U.S. was interested in acquiring cheaper goods (mainly cotton) from foreign markets.
John Hays wrote this policy to protect the privileges among countries that were trading with China. He wanted countries to have equal access to ports open to trade in China, and to avoid a monopoly.
The first note in the Open Door Policy said that (1) each great power should maintain free access to a treaty port or to any other vested interest within its sphere.
<u>ANSWER:</u> The <em>southern people did like the idea of keeping slavery</em>, while on the other hand, the <em>northern people didn't liked the idea of keeping slavery</em>. They wanted to abolished slavery.
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Kepler's first law says the planets orbit the Sun in elliptical orbits.
