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Why is Thoreau placed in jail? How does his arrest play into his larger strategy to convince the government to change its policies on slavery and the War with Mexico? Do you think his methods would work in our world today? Explain your answer. Feel free to consider any level of authority ranging from a student organization all the way up to the federal government.
Use Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau to answer the following question, about 1/4 of the essay should be answering the following prompt, while 3/4 of it should be supporting your opinion.