History GCSE
Draft system
What Draft system means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Draft system
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Conscription that fuelled resentment as it disproportionately conscripted working-class and minority men, leading to draft-dodging and draft-card burnings.
Topics that use Draft system
- Option 33: Key topic 4: Reactions to, and the end of, US involvement in Vietnam, 1964–75 - 1 Opposition to the war (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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