During the Civil War, Britain and the United States were nearly provoked into war by
A. the incompetence of Charles Francis Adams, the United States ambassador to London.
B. Britain's refusal to observe the Union's blockade of Southern ports.
C. the Trent affair, involving the removal of Southern diplomats from a British ship by a Union warship in 1861.
D. Napoleon III's effort to place Maximilian on the Mexican throne.
E. British working-class support for the South.
Answer: C
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