The "trent," the "alabama," and the "laird shipyard" incidents all involved international courts of arbitration caused serious strains in anglo-american relations to convince england to remain neutral forced the united states to break relations with france

The "Trent", the "Alabama" and the "Laird Shipyard" incidents all helped to convince England to remain neutral. This was an incident which happened during the Civil War. England was supposed to remain neutral, however they built Confederate ships. Nevertheless, these ships were never used as England was routinely encouraged not involve itself in the war.

When analyzing the american landscape at the time, it can be clear that some women did not support the suffrage movement due to the fact that it would impact their current way of life, leading to fewer protections and safeguarding under the us law, and in their family lives.