<span>cause american established a sphere of influence instead of creating the Open Door policy, american only become part of China's problems. It may have made the Chinese people resent us more. By establishing the Open Door policy, we soothed Chinese concerns AND secured our economical strength in China because we did not have to actively compete with other spheres of influence.</span>
They closed their borders and turned inward because they wanted to stop people from learning other religions. Two results are that they could no longer trade and they were confined to themselves.
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For a foreign citizen to become become a U.S. citizen.
Owned land in asia (good for trading) thats a good one
