USA HISTORY

THE 1970S 1969 1979

FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which group described itself as a political organization with religious goals?
A
the Black Panthers
B
the Great Society
C
the Moral Majority
D
the United Nations
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Moral Majority was an American political organization associated with the Christian right and Republican Party. It was founded in 1979 by Baptist minister Jerry Falwell Sr.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Moral Majority was an organization formed by televangelists were Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson and consisted mostly of evangelical and fundamentalist Chrsitians who interpreted the Bible literally and believed in absolute standars of right and wrong.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1979, the Reverend Jerry Falwell founded the Moral Majority to combat “amoral liberals, ” drug abuse, “coddling” of criminals, homosexuality, communism, and abortion. The Moral Majority represented the rise of political activism among organized religion’s radical right wing.

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