Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question that follows:
I have paid no poll tax in six years. I was put into a jail once on this account, for one night. -Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, 1849
How did Thoreau justify this act of civil disobedience?
(1 point)
He disagreed with increasing taxes for the lower classes.
O He disapproved of increasing taxes to fund mainly urban areas.
He objected to tax money being used to pay for the U.S.-Mexican War.
O He refused to provide tax money to a government that supported the Civil War.

Answer 1

Thoreau justified his act of civil disobedience by objecting to tax money being used to pay for the U.S.-Mexican War. Therefore, the correct answer is:

**He objected to tax money being used to pay for the U.S.-Mexican War.**