US History › Section K · Progressives and empire › Topic K.7
Economic imperialism in East Asia
In China the United States pursued empire by trade rather than by conquest, asking rival powers to keep the door open to American goods. The Open Door policy reveals both the reach and the limits of American power around 1900, and how Chinese people resisted foreign domination.
In this topic
- The lure of the China market
- A weakened Qing empire
- The scramble for concessions
- Why not take a sphere?
- The first Open Door note
- Worked example: reading the first note
- Chinese grievances
- The Boxer Uprising
- The second note and the Boxer Protocol
- Worked example: the 1905 boycott
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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