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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Because it was a random draft lottery pick and this angered upper class citizens
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Because men were easily able to escape the draft
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Because the draft targeted low working class and African American citizens
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Because women were not part of the draft and many thought that to be unfair
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Detailed explanation-1: -Some critics argued that the law punished the poor, while others insisted that it interfered with states’ rights, since state-based militias had fought in previous wars. However, even with such conscription laws, both the Union and Confederate armies continued to rely mostly upon volunteers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Selective Service System during the Vietnam war was highly controversial, especially because early in the war draftees came disproportionately from poor, working-class, rural, and minority populations.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.