What conflict did the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty resolve?
A) The struggle between Spain and the United States over Cuba
B) The conflict between Texas and Mexico over land between the Nueces and the Rio Grande rivers
C) British and American counter-claims to a trading post in the Japanese harbor of Edo
D) French outrage at American filibustering in Haiti
E) The rivalry between Great Britain and the United States for control over the Central American isthmus

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The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty was an agreement between the United States and Great Britain in 1850, resolving the rivalry between the two nations over control of the Central American isthmus. The treaty stated that neither nation would seek to control any future canal across the isthmus and that any such canal would be accessible to all nations on equal terms.

What Conflict Did the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty Resolve