THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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males and females between the ages of 18-26 had to serve if selected
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it was easy for working class and African Americans to get out of serving
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white financially well off men often found ways to avoid being drafted
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all college students were exempt from serving
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Detailed explanation-1: -There were numerous reasons for draft evasion and desertion during this period: fear or war-weariness, objection to the war as an offensive war, ideological objections or outright support for Communism.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Some who filed for conscientious objector status opposed the war in Vietnam based on their belief in the theory of a “Just War” or because of their religious beliefs against killing. Members of The Resistance argued that it was the draft system itself, and the war it enabled, that needed to be stopped.
Detailed explanation-4: -The act called for registration of all males between the ages of 20 and 45, including aliens with the intention of becoming citizens, by April 1. Exemptions from the draft could be bought for $300 or by finding a substitute draftee.