In times of injustice, a nation must accept the necessity of change and embrace new ideas that will create justice in the system. For the United States, some of these changes have occurred through the process of amending our Constitution to match the changing times. In 1789 it was the rights of the people, in 1865 it was the abolishing of slavery, and in 1920 it was giving women the right to vote. However, those ideas did not stop there. For example, abolishing slavery was not the end of the fight for the rights of African Americans, and a Bill of Rights did not stop the people from arguing for more rights, such as same sex marriage.…
As World War II raged in Europe and Asia, Congress passed the Selective Training and Service Act, instituting the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the bill into law on Sept. 16, 1940, and all males age 21 to 36 were required to register with the Selective Service System. Some 45 million men registered and more than 10 million were inducted through the Selective Service System during World War II.…
During the American civil war (April 12, 1861-May 9,1895) Men would go to war and fight for their side, while the woman would sadly stay at home and take care of their kids, etc. Many women started to get tired of the diversity between them and men, so women started to get involved in the war as nurses, spices etc, because they wanted to see more of the world, then just being a stay at home. American women participated in the civil war to better their lifestyle, to have more freedom, and to assist the injured through being nurses. For a while, many women felt that they too should be able to fight for their side, fight alongside many great men.…
Imagine you just get home and there’s a letter in your mail from the government, the letter was asking for all your information because they wanted to draft you for the war. Most people wouldn’t be happy with getting a letter from the government saying that they had to go off and fight in the war and not having a decision. The draft is mainly held so they can have help in the war and so they can have a better chance of winning the war.…
Drafting women would also allow more people into the military. Possibly having the draft come back as discussed in government would show just how these ideas would come into play. With a military draft army in place of a volunteer army there would not be a lack in troops needed to protect our country. Not only is our volunteer army lacking in people to protect us but we are training foreign counties men to fight for us. As stated in KDI School’s Draft or Recruit one of the weaknesses of volunteer drafting is us having to recruit foreigners (pg 5 Military Service: Draft or Recruit).…
The topic of enlisting women was widely considered by Congress in hearings held in light of the President's claim for approval to enroll women, and its choice to excluded women was not the result of a conventional state of mind about women. Since Congress altogether rethought the topic of exempting women from the Act in 1980, the Act's legality need not be considered on the premise of the perspectives communicated by Congress in 1948, when the Act was initially ordered in its cutting edge structure. Congress' determination that any future draft would be portrayed by a requirement for battle troops. Furthermore, since ladies are avoided from battle administration by statute or military strategy, men and ladies are basically not likewise arranged…
August 18, 1920: the day that the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. After more than 70 years of struggle during the women’s suffrage movement, the day finally came; their goal was finally achieved. Many factors contributed to the ratification of this amendment that gave women the right to vote. Some of those factors include the Seneca Falls Convention, which started the entire movement, and the strenuous efforts of suffrage groups, such as the National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Suffrage Association (History.com staff, "The Fight for Women’s Suffrage"). Around the time of the peak of the women’s suffrage movement, World War I began.…
In the United States of America, once a male turns eighteen years of age, their name is automatically entered into a draft for the war. Document 7 shows how the names are all take at the age of eighteen, and then randomly chosen once people are needed. Although males may or may not be chosen at some point in time, it was unfair that all of the names were put into the draft system. Because of this, a multitude of people were shocked by how unfair the system actually was. Citizens were also astonished at the fact that the United States could be bombed anytime in the near future (Document 7).…
The Declaration of Independence told us about things that are supposed to be obvious and things that are supposed to be true, but the thing about it there are promises that were made to the nation that are still yet to be accomplished that never took place throughout the development of the nation. The Declaration of Independence and Constitution were supposed to served as a supreme law for the right and freedom for the people but it neither nor either protects human rights. All these promises weren't even executed the way that they were supposed to. Issues like this is what you would look at as a kind of societal conflicts that would arise directly from discrepancies from formal legal documents such as these. We really need to make sense of these things to really understand what the Declaration of Independence is to the nation.…
4). It is amoral because it will put people’s mental health in danger and goes against some of the principles that our country are based on. This in particular seems very unfair for those people are not cut out for it, meaning they struggle even more with the war then with people who actually are willing to fight in. Is it worth the trouble to sacrifice the younger generation, the best alternative is to get people prepared for the war, build up their resistance to the struggles in war. According to Rangel Press Release which explains a legislation that was reintroduced which requires all women to register for the Selective Service, Rangel states that, “If we must go to war, every American should be compelled to stop and think twice about whether it is worth sending our brothers and sisters, and sons and daughters to fight.…
Starting December, 1941, the United States entered a global affair otherwise known as World War II. This war forced every capable individual of stepping up to the plate, and doing what the country needed at the time. Not only did men get sent overseas, women did too by finding themselves in Europe and numerous Pacific Islands. Besides women taking part in the war eastward, they had a duty to help on American soil. Although this was unprecedented, at least to this extent, women knew they needed to help the United States in its quest to win the war, and protect the world from fascism.…
The draft is something that our country sometimes needs to have. A draft is when random people who are eligible for military service are selected to enlist. There have been multiple time when our country has resorted to a draft. For example, during the Vietnam War we activated the draft to gain more troops. After the draft was started up many people around the country were furiated, but they may not have realized how important the draft actually was.…
Every now and then, Congress poses the question, “Should women be required to register for selective service?” Although I understand that they would want to make sure that the amount of soldiers available are endless, I strongly believe that women should not be forced to enlist. They should be given that choice. For years, women have…
The draft is a very important part of previous world wars, but the world wars were the sole purpose of this governmental system. During this time, the United States is not completely at ease with all other nations, but is certainly not in any raging war. The only reason there would be a need for a military draft is if there were not enough Americans joining the army during a time of need. Luckily, the United States is in a rather peaceful state and there are many young American’s joining different military departments and branches every single day. Thus, it should be recognized that there is no need for more military members to be recruited, who would require new training and cost the government extra money.…
Annotated Bibliography “Women in the Military.” Issues& Controversies. Infobase Learning, 6 June 2003. Web. July 12, 2016.…