Considering "Civil Disobedience," why did both Thoreau and Martin Luther King, Jr. engage in acts of civil disobedience?

a) to take a stand against government taxation

b) to protest government policies they believed were unjust

c) to protest slavery and the Mexican-American War

d) to take a stand against unfair laws in the 1950s and '60s

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Gunnar Lowe

6 February, 05:20

Considering "Civil Disobedience," why did both Thoreau and Martin Luther King, Jr. engage in acts of civil disobedience?

a) to take a stand against government taxation

b) to protest government policies they believed were unjust

c) to protest slavery and the Mexican-American War

d) to take a stand against unfair laws in the 1950s and '60s

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Ayaan Warner · Answer 1

to protest government policies they believed were unjust

Lamont Montes · Answer 2

b) to protest government policies they believed were unjust.

Explanation:

Civil disobedience is a civil means peaceful protest by the citizens against the laws which they consider unjust or oppressive. The movement aims to make the government realize the unjustness of the laws. The movement took the universal stage when first used by Mahatma Gandhi. It was made popular in the United States by the Martin Luther King Jr. His fight for the civil rights of the African American and the essay of Thoreau " Resistance to Civil Government" were some of the highlights.