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Test: Society and Culture Before the Civil War
The quote below is from Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience."
I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least.... this government never of itself furthered any enterprise [project].
does not settle the West. It does not educate.... I ask for... a better government.
Source: "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau, 1849
Why did Thoreau feel the need to express his views about the U.S. government?
O A. He wanted others to know that the government needed more power to complete projects.
B. He wanted others to know that the government did very little to help the country's people.
O C. He wanted others to know that the government was working to make the country a modern nation.
D. He wanted others to know that the U.S. government was better than governments of other countries.
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