The Moral Majority (1996)
William Martin, With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
This combination of covenantal thinking, conviction of divine mission, and profound awareness of human fallibility have marked American political institutions and movements from the Mayflower Compact to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, from the New Deal and New Frontier and Great Society, to the rise of the Moral Majority and the Christian Coalition and the construction of the Republican Party's 1994 Contract With America.
-The most significant cause of the political movement described in the excerpt was

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The excerpt mentions the "rise of the Moral Majority and the Christian Coalition" and "construction of the Republican Party's 1994 Contract With America," all of which highlight the increasing influence of evangelical Christian churches and organizations in American politics. This suggests that the most significant cause of the political movement described in the excerpt was the expanding influence of these religious groups.