USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

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What was the purpose of the Selective Service Act?

(A) Raise money to support the war effort

(B) Getting women to take over jobs of the men that went to war

(C) ** Drafting young men for Military Service

(D) Finding jobs for the returning troops

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The Selective Service Act, signed by Pres. Woodrow Wilson on May 18, 1917, created the Selective Service System, which managed the induction of some 2.8 million men into the armed forces over the next two years and abolished the much maligned bounty system.

Concept note-2: -On May 18, 1917, Congress passed the Selective Service Act, which authorized the Federal Government to temporarily expand the military through conscription. The act eventually required all men between the ages of 21 to 45 to register for military service.

Concept note-3: -From 1948 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces which could not be filled through voluntary means.