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.
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 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 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.
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 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 objecting to tax money being used to pay for the U.S.-Mexican War.