Conscription in the United States | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-03

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Conscription in the United States


00:01:13 1 History
00:01:22 1.1 Colonial to 1862
00:02:53 1.2 Civil War
00:06:07 1.3 World War I
00:10:06 1.3.1 Opposition
00:12:30 1.3.2 Conscientious objectors
00:13:53 1.4 Interwar
00:14:52 1.5 World War II
00:18:48 1.5.1 Opposition
00:19:56 1.5.2 Conscientious objectors
00:20:35 1.6 Cold War
00:28:18 1.7 Vietnam War
00:33:35 1.8 End of conscription
00:36:48 1.9 Post-1980 draft registration
00:38:53 2 Health care personnel
00:39:59 3 Legality
00:45:57 4 Conscientious objection
00:47:56 5 "Poverty draft"
00:48:55 6 Selective Service reforms
00:50:04 7 Conscription controversies and proposals since 2003
00:56:37 8 Non-citizens
00:58:06 9 See also
00:58:31 10 Footnotes
00:58:40 11 References and further reading
00:59:14 11.1 American Revolution
00:59:32 11.2 Civil War
01:02:02 11.3 World War I
01:04:35 11.4 World War II
01:05:34 11.5 Cold War and Vietnam
01:06:21 11.6 Recent
01:07:31 12 External links



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Conscription in the United States, commonly known as the draft, has been employed by the federal government of the United States in five conflicts: the American Revolution, the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Cold War (including both the Korean War and the Vietnam War). The third incarnation of the draft came into being in 1940 through the Selective Training and Service Act. It was the country's first peacetime draft. From 1940 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the United States Armed Forces that could not be filled through voluntary means. The draft came to an end when the United States Armed Forces moved to an all-volunteer military force. However, the Selective Service System remains in place as a contingency plan; all male civilians between the ages of 18 and 25 are required to register so that a draft can be readily resumed if needed. United States Federal Law also provides for the compulsory conscription of men between the ages of 17 and 45 and certain women for militia service pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution and 10 U.S. Code § 246.