Question

The Trent Affair (November 1861 to January 1862) involved _________________________.

• A. a sex scandal which toppled much of Jefferson Davis' cabinet.
• B. the investigation into and arrest of several businessmen who were defrauding the government.
• C. the controversial arrest of a leading Southern sympathizer.
• D. a term for Lincon's dismissal of General Winfield Scott.
• E. the controversial interception of an English ship on the Atlantic Ocean and the arrest of two Confederate diplomats who were on that ship.

Answer 1

The correct option is E the controversial interception of an English ship on the Atlantic Ocean and the arrest of two Confederate diplomats who were on that ship.

The Trent Affair was a Diplomatic incident which happened during the American Civil war. It led to the capture of two British diplomats by the Union, namely James Murray Mason and John Slidell, as the contraband of war from the British Mail Packet RMS Trent.