The significance of the Open Door Policy for

the United States lay in its

Aproviding a use for the Philippines as a

way station between China and the

United States

Bmoving the American public away from

isolationism and toward the view of the

nation as a world power

Ckeeping Japan from annexing Formosa

Dguarantees from leasehold nations that

they would keep their Chinese ports

open to all nations

Eobtaining the right to build a railroad in

China