THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
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any male 18 or older could be drafted regardless of social status
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wealthier young men were given deferments for being in college
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any male or woman 18 or older could be drafted
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people from a lower economic class were less likely to be drafted
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Detailed explanation-1: -Millions of young men tried to evade the draft: some fled to Canada; many feigned physical or mental illness, others used family connections to gain safe positions in the National Guard.
Detailed explanation-2: -Before Congress reformed the draft in 1971, a man could qualify for a student deferment if he could show he was a full-time student making satisfactory progress in virtually any field of study. He could continue to go to school and be deferred from service until he was too old to be drafted.
Detailed explanation-3: -Under a policy first introduced in the Korean War, the Selective Service issued college deferments to enrolled men that delayed their eligibility for conscrip-tion. These deferments provided a strong incen-tive to remain in school for men who wanted to avoid the draft.
Detailed explanation-4: -Draft evaders are sometimes pejoratively referred to as draft dodgers, although in certain contexts that term has also been used non-judgmentally or as an honorific. Practices that involve lawbreaking or taking a public stand are sometimes referred to as draft resistance.