THE VIETNAM WAR DRAFT

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.