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Why did many Americans consider the draft for the Vietnam War to be unfair?
College students were more likely to be drafted and to serve.
Drafted soldiers were sent to fight in Vietnam immediately.
Members of the counterculture were more likely to be drafted.
Men from low-income families often could not defer the draft.
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Correct answer: Men from low-income families often could not defer the draft.
Explanation: The draft system allowed deferments (especially college student deferments and certain occupational deferments), so wealthier young men could postpone or avoid service while poorer men—who couldn’t afford college—were far more likely to be called up. That socioeconomic (and racial) imbalance was the main reason many Americans viewed the draft as unfair. The other statements are inaccurate: college students were generally less likely to be drafted because of deferments; counterculture membership did not make one more likely to be drafted; and draftees were not always sent to Vietnam immediately.
Explanation: The draft system allowed deferments (especially college student deferments and certain occupational deferments), so wealthier young men could postpone or avoid service while poorer men—who couldn’t afford college—were far more likely to be called up. That socioeconomic (and racial) imbalance was the main reason many Americans viewed the draft as unfair. The other statements are inaccurate: college students were generally less likely to be drafted because of deferments; counterculture membership did not make one more likely to be drafted; and draftees were not always sent to Vietnam immediately.
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