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.
Context for Conflict. The role of slavery in bringing on the Civil War has been hotly. debated for decades. One important way of approaching the issue. is to look at what contemporary observers had to say. In March 1861, Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederates States.