AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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A deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other
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A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding World War I.
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A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield.
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A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -If Congress and the president authorize a draft: The Selective Service System will start calling registered men ages 18-25 for duty. The men will be called in a sequence determined by random lottery number and year of birth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Senator Henry Wilson, chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, sponsored the Conscription Act of 1863, which established the first national draft system and required registration by every male citizen and immigrant who had applied for citizenship between the ages of 20 and 45.
Detailed explanation-4: -The recruits were to be not younger than 17 and not older than 35.
Detailed explanation-5: -To that end, Congress passed the Selective Service Act, which Wilson signed into law on May 18, 1917. The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. Within a few months, some 10 million men across the country had registered in response to the military draft.