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Stacker analyzed data quantifying draft numbers during World War II from multiple sources, such as historical Census data and the Selective Service System, to rank how many men were drafted per state.

Conflict. >> the military mobilization -- >> reporter: russia tried to block ukraines president zelenskyy from speaking at the u.n. he received a standing ovation instead. russia is calling up more troops because its low on soldiers, according to u.s. and nato officials. ukraine claims the war has cost russia more than 50,000 soldiers so far, about a third of the force it had when it invaded last winter. russia admits to far fewer losses. up till now, many russians have been trying to ignore the...

Russians are saying good-bye to their sons as they head off to war. draft orders have gone out all over the the country. hand-delivered summons to report for duty often within hours. president putin threatened to use nuclear weapons saying the survival of russia is at stake. secretary of state antony blinken called on the security council to take action. >> these reckless nuclear threats must stop immediately. >> reporter: at the u.n., russias foreign minister continued to push russias false pro...

Old-fashioned group civil disobedience. dont wear the mask. help burn the thing. that worked with and draft cards in the 1960s. and also the house had burned down because the voices told me to. when someone asks you to read mask, say that is not following the signs and then leave. go somewhere else. we all do this together and a ends. because of you dont do it, knowing well, and then we are all screwed. hopefully at the strip club. lets welcome tonights guests. they call his jokes "bits" because...

>> biden hasnt done anything right. he and harris, their personal attributes, nobody thinks they care about them, compassion, inspire people to leave the country. i think bidens problems are now the democratic problems. >> greg: the masks thing is purely reactionary. its because the other side -- its so funny. you have republicans that for decades seemed as puritanical. now the theres a loose, edgy gp and you have the democrats -- take it off, baby! >> take it off, baby. >> greg: the democrats b...

>> biden hasnt done anything right. he and harris, their personal attributes, nobody thinks they care about them, compassion, inspire people to leave the country. i think bidens problems are now the democratic problems. >> greg: the masks thing is purely reactionary. its because the other side -- its so funny. you have republicans that for decades seemed as puritanical. now theres a loose, edgy group and you have the democrats -- take it off, baby! >> take it off, baby. >> greg: the democrats bu...

The most powerful catalyst foss change. in 1966, gay men were refused service at bars. three men walked into a new york city establishment, they announced they were gale and asked for a drink. it became known as the sip-in. many men burned their draft cards in rebellion for the vietnam war. rosa parks knew very well she would be arrested. john lewis and martin leutzer king were arrested a combined 70 times during the civil rights movement. the history of civil disobedience in america is long, al...

Violent protests. largely against the vietnam war. >> it really did seem like the world was unraveling, growing up in a suburban existence with parents who saw chicago in 1968 erupt into flames, saw people burning their draft cards, saw a sexual revolution, saw a drug revolution, saw woodstock come into their homes. >> when i joined the nixon white house, there were a lot of demonstrations against the war. it probably was some of the most intense times i think our country had ever faced. i mean,...

Violent protests. largely against the vietnam war. >> it really did seem like the world was unraveling, growing up in a suburban existence with parents who saw chicago in 1968 erupt into flames, saw people burning their draft cards, saw a sexual revolution, saw a drug revolution, saw woodstock come into their homes. >> when i joined the nixon white house, there were a lot of demonstrations against the war. it probably was some of the most intense times i think our country had ever faced. i mean,...

Largely against the vietnam war. >> it really did seem like the world was unraveling, growing up in a suburban existence with parents who saw chicago in 1968 erupt into flames, saw people burning their draft cards, saw a sexual revolution, saw a drug revolution, saw woodstock come into their homes. >> when i joined the nixon white house, there were a lot of demonstrations against the war. it probably was some of the most intense times i think our country had ever faced. i mean, often we were fee...