What transpired in the years before the moral majority came to prominence that would have created the need for such an organization in people's minds?

to act quickly in times of danger to the united states

because you have to act quickly if you want to live/survive.

the monroe doctrine is the best known u.s. policy toward the western hemisphere. buried in a routine annual message delivered to congress by president james monroe in december 1823, the doctrine warns european nations that the united states would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.

protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery in the new territories.