History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2138 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Withdrawal and the Lottery
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The idea
In June nineteen sixty-nine Nixon began withdrawing American troops, and in December he replaced the military draft with a lottery, Digital History records.
In practice
Young men learning their draft status from a lottery drawing.
Where people slip
Digital History notes that sixty percent of draft-age men did not serve between nineteen sixty-three and nineteen seventy-four, and ninety-eight percent saw no combat.
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