Many great European powers had been exploiting China's weak economic system to enforce their own trade regulations for years. The United States simply wanted to join the fray, so the Open Door notes were sent to the European powers basically stating, "Hey, you guys can't own all of China, make sure that all countries get to trade equally with them."
Just as a side note, the Open Door policy with China was extremely hypocritical for the United States, as the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 basically stated that none of the European powers could interfere with the Western Hemisphere... While no one was allowed to touch the Americas, the United States was apparently allowed to mess with the rest of the world.
You can search up all the American Documents, research on it and you'll get your final answer as B.
Answer:
The answer is B.
Explanation:
Progressive Era reformers sought to harness the power of the federal government to eliminate unethical and unfair business practices, reduce corruption, and counteract the negative social effects of industrialization.
A. Urban II
These incursions prompted the emperor of Byzantium, Alexius I Comnenus to send a delegation to Piacenza, Italy, asking Pope Urban II in March 1095 for help against the Turks. On November 27, 1095, in Clermont, France, Pope Urban II called for a crusade to help the Byzantines and to free the city of Jerusalem.
B.C.: Before Christ
A.D. Anno Domini
CE common era
BCE: before common era
Explanation:
All of these abbreviations are used to denote time all around the world according tot he Gregorian calendar. <u>The terms BC and Ad were commonly used by people as they are divided by the year of the birth of Jesus Christ,</u> before it is counted backwards in BC while after is counted as AD.
T<u>o make this notation less christian the same timeline was used but it was named as Common era and before common era to not make time notation a decidedly Christian affair.</u>
