History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1068 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Registration and Refusal
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The idea
On the first day of registration more than ten million men signed up, and twenty-two million had registered by the war's end.
In practice
Almost three hundred fifty thousand eligible men who refused to register at all, defying the new law.
Where people slip
About sixty-five thousand of them resisted as conscientious objectors. The draft met resistance as well as compliance.
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