The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

question 6

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"Unjust laws exist;shall we be content to obey them,or shall we endeavor to amend them,and obey them until we have succeeded,or shall we transgress them at once? Men generally,under such government as this,think that they ought to wait until they have persuaded the majority to alter them.They think that,if they should resist,the remedy would be worse than the evil.But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil.It makes it worse...Why does it not cherish its wise majority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? …"
Henry David Thoreau,"Civil Disobedience," 1848
-Thoreau's beliefs,as expressed in the excerpt,would have the greatest impact on which of the following reformers?

• A) Environmentalists
• B) Progressives
• C) Second-wave feminists
• D) African-American civil rights activists

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Definitions:

Production Quota

A limit set on the amount of goods that can be produced, often used by governments to control supply and stabilize market prices.

Support Price

A price level set by governments in order to stabilize or increase prices of specific goods by buying up the supply or providing subsidies.

Demand Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good and the amount of that good consumers are willing to buy.

Support Price

A price level set by governments in order to maintain the market price of a good or service at a particular minimum level to protect producers.