Selective+Training+and+Service+Act



The Selective Training and Service Act, also known as the //Burke-Wadsworth Act//, was passed by the Congress of the United States on September 14, 1940. It was the first peacetime draft in the nation's history. it required all males aged 21 to 36 to register for military service, though only a limited number of men was selected to serve a year in the army. The government used a lottery system in choosing who would serve for the 12 months in the army. FDR signed this act after realizing that he needed to take a seirous step to reinforce and strengthen the armed forces of the United States. [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Training_and_Service_Act_of_1940 http://www.churchfreedom.info/churchfreedom.info/IMG/unclesam.gif] America Pathways to the Present pg. 594