History of the United States II / Unit 12 USH2 1668 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Draft
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The idea
About fifty million men registered for the draft during the war, and ten million were inducted into the armed forces.
In practice
More than a million Black service members serving in segregated units, in the Yawp's words a Jim Crow institution.
Where people slip
The anchor counts two and a half million African Americans registered and one million who served.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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