> there were huge protests against the draft for World War I. Wilson campaigned against the war, and then turned around and escalated. FWIW, the WWI draft pro

> there were huge protests against the draft for World War I. Wilson campaigned against the war, and then turned around and escalated. FWIW, the WWI draft protests were much less vehement than the Civil War draft protests. (Curiously, the draft protests were much worse in the NE, especially NY and NYC even more so, than the in the midwest and south.) > And rather than being able to rely on the volunteers, the U.S. had to draft something like 10 million men for World War II. Nope. WWII had a surplus of volunteers and they used the draft to manage things.