During the US Civil War, rich men could pay others to take their place. During the Vietnam War, rich men entered wealthy colleges to obtain "draft deferrments."
Also, wealthy men could pay $300 to avoid being drafted. This upset many poor people, and the Civil War was also now know as the "Poor Man's War". It earned this title because so many poor men, and poor slaves were fighting for money, and were forced to fight.
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The US military draft began in the US Civil War (1861-1865).
Yes, Germany did have a draft during World War 2, but it wasn't avoided just by "going into the Catholic church". It was avoided by becoming a priest or nun in the Catholic church.
The first US draft was during the US Civil War (1861-1865); the last US draft was during the Vietnam War (1961-1975).
The Vietnam War had 16 million men that avoided US military service (dodged the draft).
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