Secretary of state john hay was an advocate of
a. an open door with china.
b. high tariffs on chinese products.
c. a closed door policy with china.
d. an exclusive right to trade with china.

what the first or next guy says

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.