The long-term impact of the break from the Catholic Church was the rise of Protestantism, a denomination within Christianity.
People who followed Martin Luther would establish communities which later formed the protestant Churches and people who remained loyal to the Catholic Church ensured the continued existence of the Church.
Today we can still see the split, for example, Southern Europe is mostly catholic and northern Europe is mostly Protestant.
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The answer would be majority opinion,
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It seems that you have missed the given options for this question which are the following: a) the increase in religious-based sex-abstinence programs
b) the availability and use of effective contraceptives
c) the decrease in the number of people getting married
<span> d) an increase in same-sex couplings
Based on this, the reason that is most likely why the dramatic decrease in the number of children in the average American family is the </span>the availability and use of effective contraceptives.