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| 1-4 of 4Civil disobedience flashcard sets | |||
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| # | Title | Terms | Date |
| 1 | Civil Disobedienceby emeely | 10 terms | November 17, 2008 |
| 2 | Civil Disobedienceby willgentry | 10 terms | April 16, 2008 |
| 3 | Civil Disobedienceby lisa_burkett | 10 terms | March 11, 2009 |
| 4 | Civil Disobedienceby mpvb27 | 12 terms | December 17, 2008 |
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| civil disobedience definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination) | 27 sets | |
| 2 | refusal to obey unjust laws | 16 sets | |
| 3 | a form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences. | 14 sets | |
| 4 | deliberate refusal to obey a law or comply with the orders of public officials as a means of expressing opposition | 11 sets | |
| 5 | henry david thoreau advocated this process of defying codes of conduct within a community or ignoring the policies and government of a state or nation when the civil laws are unjust. | 10 sets | |
| 6 | the refusal to obey unjust laws | 10 sets | |
| 7 | nonviolent resistance to laws considered unjust | 7 sets | |
| 8 | opposing a law one considers unjust by peacefully disobeying it and accepting the resultant punishment | 5 sets | |
| 9 | henry david thoreau | 5 sets | |
| 10 | a nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws. | 5 sets | |
| 11 | opposing a law one considers unjust by peacefully not abiding by it and accepting the punishment. | 4 sets | |
| 12 | a form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences | 4 sets | |
| 13 | thoreau | 4 sets | |
| 14 | the refusal to obey certain laws, in order to influence those with power to have them changed. civil disobedience is characterized by the use of nonviolent techniques, such as boycotting, picketing, and the refusal to pay taxes. the rev. dr. martin luther king, jr., was one of the most famous american proponents of civil disobedience as a way to make laws more just. | 4 sets | |
| 15 | breaking a law because it goes against personal morals | 4 sets | |
| 16 | refusal to obey civil laws in an effort to induce change in governmental policy or legislation, characterized by the use of passive resistance or other nonviolent means | 3 sets | |
| 17 | the idea that people have a right to disobey unjust laws if their consciences demand it. | 3 sets | |
| 18 | the refusal the obey unjust laws | 3 sets | |
| 19 | an open peaceful violation of a law to protest its alleged injustice | 3 sets | |
| 20 | refusal to obey an unjust law | 3 sets | |
| 21 | refusal to obey unjust laws, a practice made popular by gandhi | 3 sets | |
| 22 | the deliberate and public act of refusing to obey laws thought to be unjust. | 3 sets | |
| 23 | one of gandhi's methods of defiance | 3 sets | |
| 24 | peaceful way to refuse laws | 3 sets | |
| 25 | refusal to obey laws considered to be unjust | 3 sets | |
| 26 | resisting or working against something or someone in a polite or courteous manner rather than a rude or violent one | 3 sets | |
| 27 | henry david thoreau advocated this process of defying codes of conduct within a community or ignoring the policies and government of a state or nation when the civil laws are unjust | 3 sets | |
| 28 | a public refusal to obey unjust laws | 2 sets | |
| 29 | open, peaceful violation of a law to protest its alleged injustice | 2 sets | |
| 30 | the deliberate and public refusal to obey an unjust law | 2 sets | |
| 31 | form of public protest involving the breaking of laws believed to be injust | 2 sets | |
| 32 | refusal to obey laws that are considered to be unjust | 2 sets | |
| 33 | act of breaking a law non-violently | 2 sets | |
| 34 | a form of protest that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and suffer the consequences | 2 sets | |
| 35 | henry david thoreau advocated this process of defying codes of conduct within a community or ignoring the polocies and government of a state or nation when the civil laws are unjust | 2 sets | |
| 36 | non-violent protest like sit ins, boycotts, marches, speeches etc. | 2 sets | |
| 37 | peaceful refusal to obey unjust laws | 2 sets | |
| 38 | a form of unconventional participation designed to consciously break a law thought to be unjust | 2 sets | |
| 39 | nonviolent protest against unjust laws | 2 sets | |
| 40 | henry david thoreau advocated this pricess of defying codes of conduct within a community or ignoring the policies and government of a state or nation when the civil laws are unjust. | 2 sets | |