AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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mandated all adults (18+) join the army to fight in the war.
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mandated all men 18-26 put their number in the pool to be drafted to fight in the war.
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was the first-ever draft.
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did not include African-Americans.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, created the country’s first peacetime draft.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Draft and WWII On September 16, 1940, the United States instituted the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft. This was the first peacetime draft in United States’ history.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Roosevelt’s signing of the Selective Training and Service Act on September 16, 1940, began the first peacetime draft in the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.
Detailed explanation-5: -All men 18 years and older had to register with the Selective Service. All men between the ages of 18 to 25 were eligible to be drafted for a service requirement of 21 months.