Question

thoreaus actions in \civil disobedience\ and the 1955 bus boycott are similar because both thoreau and the boycotters were
○ standing up for equality in the united states in the 1950s.
○ attempting to prove that the idea of government was flawed.
○ engaging in a large-scale public protest against the government.
○ protesting unjust government policy in a peaceful way.

Explanation:

• Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" was his peaceful protest against the Mexican-American War and slavery (unjust policies) via tax resistance. The 1955 bus boycott was a peaceful mass protest against racial segregation on public transit, an unjust government-enforced policy.
• The first option is wrong: Thoreau acted in the 1840s, not the 1950s.
• The second option is wrong: neither aimed to prove government as a whole was flawed, only specific unjust policies.
• The third option is wrong: Thoreau's act was small-scale, not large-scale public protest.

Answer:

protesting unjust government policy in a peaceful way.