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Individualism

Direct action (Henry David Thoreau)

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Progress comes not from the government, but from what? Ingenuity of the people
While governments can be useful, they can often bring about what? Harm and injustice
What is the best thing governments can do? Let people flourish
That government is best which? Governs not at all
Which English poet imagined the potential of non violent resistance to injustice? Percy Shelly
In the early 20th century, who broke US law to protest the lack of women's voting rights? Suffragettes
What is the name of the Thoreau essay published in 1849? "Civil Disobedience"
Thoreau argued that the individual should do what? His moral conscious tells him is right
What did Thoreau feel governments could become? Agents of injustice
Who applied his version of civil disobedience to the cause of Indian Independence? Mahatma Gandhi
Where did Thoreau build a cabin? Walden Pond
Who owned the property where Thoreau built his cabin? Ralph Waldo Emerson
People who believed in the basic goodness of the individual were considered to be? Transcendentalists
Thoreau's book "Walden" was an investigation of? Simple living & self-sufficiency
Thoreau was the son of? A pencil maker
Why was Thoreau jailed briefly in 1846? For refusing to pay the Massachusetts poll tax
Thoreau felt the US government to be illegitimate for what reason? Due to the existence of slavery
Thoreau likened men with dulled moral senses to? Pieces of wood & stones from which the machinery of oppression could be fashioned
Thoreau influenced what 20th century activist/ thinker? Martin Luther King
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