<span>The Trent Affair was a diplomatic crisis that took place between the United States and Great Britain from November to December 1861, during the U.S. Civil War (1861-65).</span>
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Common Sense challenged the British government at the time and tried to persuade the common people in the colonies to fight for egalitarian government.
He was so popular because he led the US through the Great Depression and World War II