Selective Training and Service Act of 1940

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The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 was a U.S. federal law that established the first peacetime military draft in American history, creating the framework for conscription during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
conscription law ⓘ
affected mobilization of U.S. forces for World War II ⓘ
ageRange 21 to 35 years at enactment ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Burke–Wadsworth Act ⓘ
appliedDuring peacetime ⓘ
appliedTo male citizens of the United States ⓘ
male resident aliens in the United States ⓘ
appliedToBranch Army Air Corps ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
authorizedAgency Selective Service System ⓘ
classificationSystem system of draft classifications for registrants ⓘ
containedProvision prohibition on deployment of draftees outside the Western Hemisphere without their consent (later modified) ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
created first peacetime draft in United States history ⓘ
enactedBy 76th United States Congress ⓘ
established appeal boards for draft classifications ⓘ
local draft boards ⓘ
exempted conscientious objectors from combatant training and service ⓘ
followedBy Selective Service Act of 1948 ⓘ
governs obligations of eligible males for military training and service ⓘ
historicalSignificance first peacetime conscription law in United States history ⓘ
implementedBy War Department ⓘ
influenced later U.S. conscription policies and legislation ⓘ
inForceDuring World War II ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterAmendedAgeRange 18 to 45 years ⓘ
laterServiceObligationLength 18 months ⓘ
24 months ⓘ
legalStatus superseded ⓘ
legislativeContext enacted during period of rising global tensions before U.S. entry into World War II ⓘ
namedAfter Edward R. Burke ⓘ
James W. Wadsworth Jr. ⓘ
opposedBy some isolationist members of Congress ⓘ
politicalSupportFrom Franklin D. Roosevelt administration ⓘ
precededBy World War I era Selective Service Act of 1917 ⓘ
primaryPurpose to provide for the common defense by increasing the personnel of the armed forces of the United States ⓘ
providedFor alternative service for conscientious objectors ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 76-783 ⓘ
regulated conscription in the United States during World War II ⓘ
relatedTo United States Army expansion prior to World War II ⓘ
required registration of eligible men with local draft boards ⓘ
serviceObligationLength 12 months of training and service at enactment ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
signingDate 1940-09-16 ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 54 Stat. 885 ⓘ
tookEffectOn 1940-09-16 ⓘ
topic military conscription in the United States ⓘ

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Selective Service System → formedBy → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
77th United States Congress → passedLegislation → Selective Training and Service Act amendments ⓘ
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United States home front during World War II → keyProgram → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
United States Armed Forces in World War II → conscription → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
76th United States Congress → enacted → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
Selective Service System → historicalPredecessor → World War II Selective Service system ⓘ
subject linked to: SSS
linked to: Selective Training and Service Act of 1940
Military Selective Service Act → originalTitle → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
Burke–Wadsworth Act → alsoKnownAs → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
Burke–Wadsworth Act → shortTitle → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
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Public Law 76-783 → shortTitle → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951 → amends → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951 → relatedTo → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
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Postwar demobilization and reorganization of U.S. armed forces → legalFramework → Selective Training and Service Act amendments ⓘ
linked to: Selective Training and Service Act of 1940
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