True or False 1. The longest war in American history was fought without a draft.
2. The Continental Congress allowed George Washington to draft Americans into service.
3. Plantation owners with a certain amount of slaves did not have to serve in the military during the Civil War.
4. The New York Draft Riots were a peaceful protest against the draft.
5. Wilson started to call the draft the “selective service.”
6. World War II saw 50 million men register for the draft with 10 million draftees serving.
7. The majority of the nation was opposed to the US fight in Vietnam and the draft at the beginning of the war.
8. In 1965, protesters burned their draft cards in NYC even though they knew it was a federal offense.
9. 70% of the draftees in Vietnam were from poor or working-class families.
10. African Americas represented 10% of the casualties in the early part of the war.
11. Members of the Civil Rights Movement were being drafted to go fight in Vietnam.
12. The draft argument revolves around obligation or liberty.
13. Lyndon B. Johnson lost the race for the presidency against Nixon.
14. The Nixon administration came up with a draft lottery to reduce the inequities.
15. The draft increased American troop morale and helped to strengthen the fighting force.
16. You served 13 months in Vietnam when you were drafted.
True 17. Although the draft is gone, the apparatus, or ability, is still there.