World War I Draft Begins

World War I Draft Begins

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The video discusses the unchanged process of drafting U.S. citizens into the armed forces over the years, highlighting the separation of World War One and Two in 1917. It describes how Secretary of War Newton D. Baker conducted a lottery system to draft soldiers, with the public anxiously awaiting the results, which were seen as either lucky or unlucky depending on one's perspective.

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