program. 1  Obs. a proclamation. a prospectus or syllabus. 2  the acts, speeches, musical pieces, etc. that make up an entertainment, ceremony, etc. a printed list of these. 3  a scheduled broadcast on radio or television. 4  a plan or procedure for dealing with some matter.
Trent Affair: 1861-1862. The Trent Affair was the diplomatic crisis that potentially brought Great Britain and the United States closest to war during the first year of the American Civil War.
Finally arriving in Europe, their mission proved a failure as they found themselves unable to entice the European powers to intervene in the American Civil War on behalf of the Confederacy. The Trent Affair later built confidence between the Governments of Britain and the United States.