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Learn about the history and significance of the Selective Service Acts, which instituted compulsory military service in the United States for World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. Find out how the draft was implemented, resisted, and abolished in different periods and contexts.
The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act (Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 65–12, 40 Stat. 76, enacted May 18, 1917) authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.
Learn about the Selective Service Act of 1917, which created the Selective Service System to draft men into the U.S. armed forces during World War I. Find out how the act was enacted, who administered it, and what impact it had on American history and society.
Some six weeks after the United States formally entered the First World War, the U.S Congress passes the Selective Service Act on May 18, 1917, giving the U.S. president the power to draft...
Learn how the Selective Service Act of 1917 made conscription a new thing in American history, and how newspapers covered the draft registration and enforcement. See examples of patriotic and critical editorials, cartoons, and images from the Library of Congress collections.
The Selective Service Act of 1917 was the official name of the military draft signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson following the United States’ entry into World War I.
The Selective Service Act or Selective Draft Act (Pub.L. 65–12, 40 Stat. 76, enacted May 18, 1917) authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people.
The Military Selective Service Act of 1948 established the current implementation of the Selective Service System in the United States. It was enacted in 1948 and has been amended, extended, and renamed several times since then.
Learn about the history and records of the Selective Service System, which has been used to draft men for military service in the U.S. since the Revolutionary War era. Find out how to request your classification record, view historical timeline, and access draft lotteries and statistics.
The Selective Service Act enacted on May 18, 1917 after America had declared war on Germany and entered into World War I, gave the federal government the power to increase the size of the...