Answer:
The start of the 16th century, many events led to the Protestant reformation. Clergy abuse caused people to begin criticizing the Catholic Church. The greed and scandalous lives of the clergy had created a split between them and the peasants. ... However, the split was more over doctrine than corruption.
Explanation:
The 1950s were the time of especially violent Cold War with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was a communist state and the state promoted atheism -sometimes referred to as state atheism. The United States promoted atheism to stress their difference from the Soviet Union.
