Which of the following created a crisis between the United States and Great Britain at the beginning of the Civil War?
a. the continuing dispute over the border with Canada
b. Ostend Manifesto
c. Trent Affair
d. Union blockade of Southern ports
e. use of African Americans as laborers but not soldiers
Answer: c. Trent Affair
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