<span>B) Citizens in the United States went to jail for violating segregation laws.
Gandhi advocated for a new non-confrontational technique of protest where the citizenry would desist from acts of violence. whenever violence broke out, Gandhi would control it by refusing to eat. By disobeying the segregation laws, the citizens basically refused to disobey the civil racial laws and were sent to jail without any bloodbath from the police. It denies those in power justifications for atrocities.
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<em>Popular Sovereignty</em> is an important <em>enlightenment</em> idea that established that the sovereign power is vested among the people who are being governed and choose to be governed. This means the government gets power from the people and the people who are being governed are the <em>source</em> of political power. This is present in the US because the US Government politically acts based on the citizens. To be specific, people can express themselves to the government by having the obligation to <em>vote</em> and <em>directly participate in the government</em> by attending town meetings and such.
Hope I helped! Happy New Year! May 2018 give you a great year ahead to you and your family!
