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Vietnam

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THE VIETNAM WAR DRAFT

ALL MEN OF DRAFT AGE NOT READY TO LOSE THEIR CHILDHOOD

PRECIPITATING EVENTS

  • Soldiers were needed as manpower to fight in vietnam
  • The draft was a involuntary process

WHERE AND WHEN

  • December 1, 1969
  • 1973, the draft ended

WHO IS INVOLVED

  • The Selected Service System of the US
  • President Nixon

FACTS

  • Deferments
  • Draft dodgers
  • Anti-war protests

OUTCOME

  • Students began to burn their draft cards
  • Draft resistance
  • In 1973 the draft ended

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • McCabe, Suzanne. "Vietnam Why the War Still Matters Today." Junior Scholastic 23 Apr. 2012: 16-19. Print
  • "Wayzata School District / Homepage." Wayzata School District / Homepage. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Mar. 2015.
  • "Vietnam War Draft - The Vietnam War." The Vietnam War. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.