Personal Freedom
This Enlightenment philosopher argued governments exist to protect life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
This war saw college students often avoiding the draft through deferments.
What is the Vietnam war?
The draft would cost this many billions annually in adjusted dollars, even if draftees were paid less.
What is $7.5 billion?
Modern warfare increasingly uses these two non-traditional combat methods.
What are drone strikes and cyber operations?
This public service program allows young Americans to serve in non-military roles domestically.
What is Americorp?
Conscription is seen as a violation of this democratic principle.
What is individual autonomy?
Conscription has disproportionately affected these socioeconomic groups.
What are marginalized and low-income communities?
The civilian sector would lose this amount annually due to lost productivity.
What is $30 billion?
This U.S.-led conflict demonstrated the effectiveness of a volunteer military against conscripts.
What is the Gulf War?
This international service program focuses on humanitarian aid and development.
What is the Peace Corps?
This term describes forcing someone to fight against their will.
What is coercion?
This kind of system was used in the Vietnam War to allow deferments for certain groups.
What is the college deferment system?
These two areas of public spending would be negatively impacted by increased military spending.
What are healthcare and education?
The Iraqi military was this much larger than the coalition during the Gulf War.
What is 25%?
These kinds of programs promote unity and service without sacrificing this basic right.
What is Civil Service?
In a democracy, this is considered the foundation of citizenship.
What is the right to self-determination?
True or False: A lottery-based draft system guarantees fairness.
What is false?
The draft would cause a large shift in these national priorities.
What are economic priorities?
Estimated Iraqi casualties during the Gulf War ranged between these two figures.
What are 200,000 and 300,000?
Name one field other than the military where people can contribute meaningfully to national service.
What is education / healthcare / infrastructure / environmental work?
Name the main mental health issue that can result from forcing unwilling individuals into combat.
What is PTSD?
This type of privilege allows some to avoid the draft even under a randomized system.
What is economic or social privilege?
This economic concept refers to the loss of civilian productivity from conscription.
What is opportunity cost?
Volunteers are seen as more effective than conscripts due to these three traits.
What are training, motivation, and commitment?
Countries like France, Germany, and the UK abolished the draft for this kind of military.
What is a professional volunteer force?