The major events that increased polarization on the world stage from the close of world war II through 1961 had to do with the Cold War between Russia and the US--primarily proxy wars such as the Korean War.
They were convinced Lincoln was going to end slavery
The statement that [after the peasants carry out their revolt, Martin Luther sympathizes with them and joins their cause] is false.
It was expected that Martin Luther would support the Peasant War, yet he did not because he was not a revolutionary person and truth be told, he did not like peasants.
Government controls or dictates what is produced.