The British government did not initially purchase the weapon and civilian sales were modest. However the U.S. Civil War began in 1860 and the governments of both the United States and the Confederacy began purchasing arms in Britain.

Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "United States stop all business deals with Britain during the Civil War."?

Options:
I. Yes.
II. It's impossible to say.
III. No.
I think the answer is
III.