Answer: On 1 July 1535, Thomas More stood trial for treason, and he was condemned to death for 'maliciously denying the royal Supremacy'.
Explanation:
The main world leaders at the time were
Hitler - Germany
Franklin D. Roosevelt - USA
Mussolini - italy
Churchill - Britain
stalin- russia
The second last sentence of the first paragraph is the key message conveying Lincoln's view that war was forced for the protection of the nation.
"<span>Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish."</span>