The Rush-Bagot agreement of 1817 called for
A. a general trade agreement between the United States and France.
B. France to pull out of the fur trade in the Great Lakes region.
C. the mutual disarmament of the Great Lakes by Britain and the United States.
D. the joint occupation of Oregon by France and the United States.
E. Spain to give up its claim to Florida, in exchange for navigation rights on the Mississippi.
Answer: C
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