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Because university students were exempt from service.
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∙ 15y agoRich men could get draft deferments.
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What group of Americans were affected by the draft?
Working-class men
How can Vietnam be described as the poor man's war?
It can be referred to as the "Poor Man's War" because mostly the poor or working class men were drafted in. The college attending men who would normally be drafted in were exempt, as well as men who were sons of politicians and such. There were many ways to get around the draft but the people who could not get around it ended up being the poor and working class men of the country.
Who lived in Vietnam during the Vietnam war?
Q who was the victor of the Vietnam war? A I have no idea who won the Vietnam war!!!!
Was the Vietnam war in Pennsylvania?
No, the Vietnam War was in Vietnam
Instead of going into war with Vietnam what else could the US do?
Let them take the place; they were working on it anyway.
In what sense was the Vietnam war a working-class war?
Because students were exempt from military service - a serious blunder that killed-off any idea of the educated class as national leaders.
How did the Vietnam War become a working-class war?
If you weren't rich, or related to a politician, or if you weren't a college student...then you were, quite possibly, headed for Vietnam.
What was the class of most US soldiers sent to Vietnam?
The class of soldiers sent to Vietnam was the Marines,Army,and, the Special Ops
What was the Impact of the Vietnam War on Vietnam's sense of National Identity?
Until the Vietnam War, few people ever heard of Vietnam. Therefore, Vietnam's sense of National Identity was STRONG.
Why was Vietnam called the working class war?
I don't know if i am right or not but that is why i was searching for the answer is beacause i think it is beause most of the poeople where (VC) where middel class aka working class(lol my family is in lower middle class)
What is the political effect of the Vietnam war?
the war and the outcome of the Vietnam war ^ Who answered this question? He answered the wrong question which didn't even make sense omfg.
What did the turning point of Vietnam show?
That the war of "attrition" was not working.
What group of Americans were affected by the draft?
Working-class men
How many bodies were not found in the Vietnam war?
there was about 40,000 bodies not found sense it was the bloodiest war and we retreated
How can Vietnam be described as the poor man's war?
It can be referred to as the "Poor Man's War" because mostly the poor or working class men were drafted in. The college attending men who would normally be drafted in were exempt, as well as men who were sons of politicians and such. There were many ways to get around the draft but the people who could not get around it ended up being the poor and working class men of the country.
What were the positions of the two sides in the Vietnam war?
The position of North Vietnam was that communist dictatorship is the best form of government, and it must be established throughout Vietnam to liberate the working class from the oppressive capitalists and colonialists of the west, while the position of South Vietnam was that the free market was superior to communism, and that South Vietnam must remain independent of the north and allied to the western world.
How did the soilders in the Vietnam war survive?
By using common sense, listening, and following instructions.
