2. Answer these questions.
1. Who was Socrates? What were his teachings?
2. What slogan did Karl Marx give to workers?
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3. Why is Abraham Lincoln considered one of the greatest Americans?
4. How did the Mahatma Gandhi fight the British?
5. Why was Martin Luther King awarded the Nobel Prize?
6. Describe the work being done by the Missionaries of Charity'.
7. Which values were cherished and championed by Saint Mother Teresa?
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8. Why is Mahatma Gandhi called 'the Father of the Nation'?
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What is Henry David Thoreau known for? American essayist, poet, and practical philosopher Henry David Thoreau is renowned for having lived the doctrines of Transcendentalism as recorded in his masterwork, Walden (1854). He was also an advocate of civil liberties, as evidenced in the essay “Civil Disobedience” (1849)Martin Luther King, Jr., the most renowned advocate of civil disobedience, argued that civil disobedience is not lawlessness but instead a higher form of lawfulness, designed to bring positive or man-made law into conformity with higher law—natural or divine law.2,500 speeches
Day as a U.S. federal holiday. Dr. King was a driving force for nonviolent activism in the U.S. civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. From 1957 to 1968, he traveled 6 million miles, gave 2,500 speeches and led peaceful pickets, protests and marches that opened the eyes of the world to injustices in AmericaThis quote was said at a speech in 1965 when Dr. King was discussing how many Americans did not stand up against the discrimination of black people and their civil rights.