which idea of henry david thoreau was adopted by twentieth century leaders of great social change movements

Answer 1

The idea of civil disobedience, as presented in Thoreau's essay "Resistance to Civil Government" (1849), was adopted by twentieth-century leaders of great social change movements. This concept advocates for the use of nonviolent protest to break unjust laws or resist unjust orders or authority. Thoreau's ideas influenced leaders like Mahatma Gandhi during the Indian independence movement, and Martin Luther King Jr. during the American Civil Rights Movement.