The Catholic Church became corrupted, due to its overgrown power. Because of the Pope's overspendings, the Pope started the Sales of Indulgences. The Sales of Indulgences was a scheme to earn more money. It made people spend money so that they/family members go into heaven. This upsetted a reformer, Martin Luther. That started the Reformation. So in summery, the Catholic Church gained to much power ( more than the nobility) and it wanted more money. BTW, this only a little bit of it.
They were taught christianity; they gave up traditions and familiar ways of life, treated less harshly
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Much of America saw great prosperity and stability during the 1950s, but poverty, racism and other social ills were widespread, though largely unseen by many
