The excerpt above is from a treaty signed by the United States in 1922 What was the primary objective of this treaty?

A. to limit the destructiveness of war by limiting the number of warships

B. to help the British police their vast empire without foreign interference

C. to maintain freedom of the seas

D. to promote open trade between different regions of the world

The primary objective of treaty signed in 1922 was to maintain freedom of the seas.

Article VI treaty ensures for about 5 battleships that U.S and Britain were each allowed to build, the Japanese could build three ships and Italians and  French could each build 1/3 ships.

Hence, primary objective of treaty signed in 1922 was to to maintain freedom of the seas.

Therefore, the Option C is correct.

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