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.
He vetoed civil rights legislation which ulimately led to conflict with the Republicans. They tried to impeach him to remove him as an obstacle to their reform efforts, but the articles of impeachment failed by a single vote in the Senate. This was the huge conflict between executive and legislative branches. It was rooted in policy rather than issues of federalism or states rights.