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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) | 26 sets | |
| 2 | a form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences. | 13 sets | |
| 3 | refusal to obey unjust laws | 12 sets | |
| 4 | 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 | |
| 5 | deliberate refusal to obey a law or comply with the orders of public officials as a means of expressing opposition | 10 sets | |
| 6 | the refusal to obey unjust laws | 9 sets | |
| 7 | nonviolent resistance to laws considered unjust | 7 sets | |
| 8 | a nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws. | 5 sets | |
| 9 | opposing a law one considers unjust by peacefully disobeying it and accepting the resultant punishment | 5 sets | |
| 10 | opposing a law one considers unjust by peacefully not abiding by it and accepting the punishment. | 4 sets | |
| 11 | thoreau | 4 sets | |
| 12 | breaking a law because it goes against personal morals | 4 sets | |
| 13 | henry david 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 | 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 | |
| 16 | refusal to obey laws considered to be unjust | 3 sets | |
| 17 | the refusal the obey unjust laws | 3 sets | |
| 18 | a form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences | 3 sets | |
| 19 | refusal to obey an unjust law | 3 sets | |
| 20 | refusal to obey unjust laws, a practice made popular by gandhi | 3 sets | |
| 21 | the deliberate and public act of refusing to obey laws thought to be unjust. | 3 sets | |
| 22 | resisting or working against something or someone in a polite or courteous manner rather than a rude or violent one | 3 sets | |
| 23 | one of gandhi's methods of defiance | 3 sets | |
| 24 | peaceful way to refuse laws | 3 sets | |
| 25 | an open peaceful violation of a law to protest its alleged injustice | 3 sets | |
| 26 | 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 | |
| 27 | form of public protest involving the breaking of laws believed to be injust | 2 sets | |
| 28 | 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 | |
| 29 | refusal to obey laws that are considered unjust as a nonviolent way to press for charges | 2 sets | |
| 30 | consciously breaking a law that is thought to be unjust | 2 sets | |
| 31 | a refusal to obey unjust laws | 2 sets | |
| 32 | nonviolent opposition to a government policy or law by refusing to comply with it | 2 sets | |
| 33 | refusal to obey laws that are considered to be unjust | 2 sets | |
| 34 | act of breaking a law non-violently | 2 sets | |
| 35 | nonviolent protest against unjust laws | 2 sets | |
| 36 | deliberate refusal to obey law or comply with orders of public officials as a means of expressing opposition. | 2 sets | |
| 37 | non-violent protest like sit ins, boycotts, marches, speeches etc. | 2 sets | |
| 38 | opposing a law one considers unjust by peacefully disobeying it and accepting the resultant punishment. | 2 sets | |
| 39 | a form of unconventional participation designed to consciously break a law thought to be unjust | 2 sets | |
| 40 | refusal to pay unjust laws | 2 sets | |