American Draft: Pre-War by Sydney Walsh https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7 en-us 2018-10-02 14:01:19 UTC 2026-01-30 21:43:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Drafting of Young Americans: 2015202 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288130847 How did young Americans feel about the draft? Did they really know what they were getting into and why did they agree to join? Or, how did they evade the draft?

]]> 2018-10-02 14:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288130847 Background Information 2015202 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288132911 -Ages
-Dates
-Stats]]> 2018-10-02 14:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288132911 Ages: 2015202 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288134212 Those drafted were between the ages of 18-25, with the primary focus on 19 year olds.]]> 2018-10-02 14:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288134212 Dates: 2015202 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288134812 The lottery began on December 1, 1969.]]> 2018-10-02 14:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288134812 Stats 2015202 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288135379 Two-thirds of American men between the ages of 18-25 volunteered for the war, while the last third was put into the draft.]]> 2018-10-02 14:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288135379 The Process 2015202 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288137676 2018-10-02 14:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288137676 Vietnam War Draft Lottery 2021821 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288138657 2018-10-02 14:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288138657 1st Lottery: 2015202 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288140268 366 capsules numbered 1-366  were placed in a clear container and then drawn at random


]]> 2018-10-02 14:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288140268 2nd Lottery: 2015202 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288142174 26 capsules, each with a letter of the alphabet were drawn at random. The three letters represented the initials of the first, middle and last name of the person chosen.

]]> 2018-10-02 14:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288142174 Escaping The Draft: 2021821 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288604908 2018-10-03 13:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288604908 Public Perception of the War 202196 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288607515 Towards the beginning of the war it was supported by the American public, but as it dragged on and the casualties kept rising anti war sentiment began to spread.]]> 2018-10-03 13:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288607515 Deferment 2021821 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288607901 -College
-physical problems or disabilities
-Mental problems]]> 2018-10-03 13:30:06 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288607901 Other Forms of Escape 2021821 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288612323 -Flee to Canada or Mexico
-Pretending to be disabled
-Claim to be homosexual
-Conscientuous objector (against their morals and religious beliefs to fight in war) ]]> 2018-10-03 13:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288612323 Early views on the Draft 202196 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288617622 In the early parts of the war, the draft was seen as necessary to oppose communist ways and men who tried to escape the draft were given derogatory nicknames and looked down.]]> 2018-10-03 13:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288617622 2021821 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288622609 Conscientious Objectors]]> 2018-10-03 13:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288622609 Evolving Views of the Draft 202196 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288623635 As the War continued thoughts on the draft became negative and those who escaped the draft were seen as resisting the war.]]> 2018-10-03 13:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288623635 Feelings about the draft: 2015202 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288632623 2018-10-03 14:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288632623 202196 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288646298 2018-10-03 14:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288646298 "Draft Dodgers" 2015202 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288648323 Name given to those who avoided the draft by refusing to go into war ]]> 2018-10-03 14:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288648323 CBS 2015202 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288650022 2018-10-03 14:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288650022 2021821 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288654254 -Labeled as cowards in beginning
-Draft was later scrutinized  because of a large increase in deaths]]> 2018-10-03 14:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/288654254 2021821 https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/289121319 2018-10-04 13:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/2015202/emn1enfk6ok7/wish/289121319