Question

Think back to your predictions. which of thoreau's ideas were presented in the text? check the two boxes that best apply. disapproval of government involvement support of the war and slavery belief that citizens should not support a government that does unethical things belief that the government needs to support and reform unethical citizens

Answer 1

The first answer is

A. disapproval of government involvement

C. belief that citizens should not support a government that does unethical things

The second answer is

A. reference to the Mexican-American War

B. reference to other literature of the time

D. reference to political ideas of the time

This is correct on edge :)

Answer 2

The correct answers are A) disapproval of government involvement and C) belief that citizens should not support a government that does unethical things.

Thoreau's ideas were disapproval of government involvement and belief that citizens should not support a government that does unethical things.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1864) was an American writer in New England that wrote his ideas of civil disobedience in his famous book "Walden." He was an abolitionist that critiqued the government, opposing the use of slaves and he was against the Mexican-American War. His ideas on civil disobedience influenced other leaders in the following years such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King.