The Creole Incident

question 29

Multiple Choice

The Creole incident:

• A) strained relations between the United States and France
• B) involved the British freeing American slaves after they mutinied and escaped
• C) involved the seizure and destruction of an American steamboat at Niagara Falls
• D) was solved almost single-handedly by Henry Clay
• E) was caused when Congress reopened the African slave trade

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