REASONS FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN U.S. HISTORY

Why did Henry David Thoreau refuse to pay taxes?

• He was protesting the lack of public services

• He believed taxes were too high

• He did not want to support a government that allowed slavery and fought a war with Mexico

• He was against the government's economic policies

What was the main message of Thoreau's essay 'Civil Disobedience'?

• The government is always right

• People should pay their taxes without question

• People should break the law whenever they disagree with it

• People should challenge laws they consider unjust by refusing to obey them

Which philosophy is associated with individual conscience and transcendentalism in the context of civil disobedience?

• Utilitarianism

• Existentialism

• Thoreau's philosophy

• Stoicism

Which leader is known to have followed Thoreau's philosophy of civil disobedience?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

What did Thoreau urge people to do in response to unjust laws?

• Accept the laws without question

• Challenge the laws by refusing to obey them

• Support the government unconditionally

• Leave the country