Which action would be consistent with a person who believed in civil disobedience? A. a merchant banker who got wealthy by extending credit. B. a Know-Nothing Party member attacking an immigrant. C. a conductor on the Underground Railroad guiding escaped slaves. D. an angry citizen setting fire to a government building.

Answer 1

C. a conductor on the Underground Railroad guiding escaped slaves.

Civil disobedience involves the active, nonviolent refusal to obey certain laws or demands of a government or occupying international power, typically in a peaceful manner to bring about social or political change. A conductor on the Underground Railroad was engaged in such acts of civil disobedience by helping escaped slaves defy laws that upheld slavery.