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.
Trent, off the coast of Cuba. He sent crew members aboard the British ship and seized two Confederate diplomats, James Mason and John Slidell. Wilkesâs act set off an international dispute between the U.S. and Great Britain and almost started a war between the two nations.