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Civil Disobedience (Section 2)

Quiz by Sarah Wilkinson

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  • Q1
    What does the following quote suggest; “What I am concerned to know is, that a man’s influence and authority were on the side of the slaveholder and not of the slave- of the guilty, and not of the innocent- of injustice, and not of justice."
    None of the above
    Thoreau is discussing how the power of a slave’s life does not depend on the government and the one’s in charge.
    Thoreau is discussing how the power of a slave’s life depends on the government and the one’s in charge despite the fact that the Fugitive Slave Law creates an issue in soldiers/ marshalls gathering “supposed” runaway slaves without warrant to see if they were freed or not. (Anthony Burns)
    30s
  • Q2
    The court systems, governmental armies, and the press WERE NOT rigged.
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q3
    Thoreau states; “The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free.” What does he mean by this?
    None of the above
    In this statement, Thoreau is demonstrating how the laws DON'T need to be changed to create change.
    In this statement, Thoreau is demonstrating how the laws need to be changed to create change; men who crave to free others cannot do it unless the law is on their side.
    30s
  • Q4
    What were the main complaints that Thoreau made about the press?
    The press avoids to comment on the laws that enslave and continue to enslave Africans through the Fugitive Slave Law.
    None of the above
    Both answers
    The press also does not showcase the truth of the current events happening in this time.
    30s
  • Q5
    The Fugitive Slave Law is not about morality; but what's considered constitutional.
    True
    False
    30s

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