LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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it inspired future reforms and reformers like civil rights and Martin Luther King Jr.
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It helped inspire Manifest Destiny
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It directly led to the abolition of slavery and the 13th Amendment
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Of overriding importance to Thoreau was his refusal to sanction the evil institution of slavery, and thus his violation of the Fugitive Slave Laws and his participation in the Underground Railway to freedom for escaped slaves.
Detailed explanation-2: -In Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail, ” he cites conscience as a guide to obeying just laws and disobeying unjust laws. In the same way, Henry David Thoreau wrote in his famous essay, “Civil Disobedience, ” that people should do what their conscience tells them and refuse to follow unjust laws.
Detailed explanation-3: -When Mahatma Gandhi was working out his concept of non-violent resistance, he was impressed by Henry David Thoreau’s advice to resist things that were wrong. Thoreau suggested that individuals could resist immoral government action by simply refusing to cooperate.
Detailed explanation-4: -Considering “Civil Disobedience, ” which best describes how Thoreau and Martin Luther King, Jr. both felt about acts of civil disobedience? They both believed that individuals have the right and the responsibility to protest unjust laws.