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 this account for one night.
How did Thoreau justify this act of civil disobedience?
(1 point)
Responses
He disagreed with increasing taxes for the lower classes.
He disagreed with increasing taxes for the lower classes.
He disapproved of increasing taxes to fund mainly urban areas.
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.
He objected to tax money being used to pay for the U.S.-Mexican War.
He refused to provide tax money to a government that supported the Civil War.
I have paid no poll tax in six years I was put into a jail once this account for one night.
How did Thoreau justify this act of civil disobedience?
(1 point)
Responses
He disagreed with increasing taxes for the lower classes.
He disagreed with increasing taxes for the lower classes.
He disapproved of increasing taxes to fund mainly urban areas.
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.
He objected to tax money being used to pay for the U.S.-Mexican War.
He refused to provide tax money to a government that supported the Civil War.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Thoreau justified his act of civil disobedience by stating that he objected to tax money being used to pay for the U.S.-Mexican War.