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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:ageRange
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21 to 30 years (later expanded to 18 to 45 years)
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gptkbp:appliesTo
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male citizens and residents of the United States
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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May 18, 1917
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Selective Service Act
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:publicLawNumber
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gptkb:Pub.L._65–12
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gptkbp:purpose
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authorize federal government to raise a national army for American entry into World War I through conscription
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:World_War_I
conscription in the United States
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gptkbp:repealedBy
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1918
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gptkbp:replacedBy
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gptkb:Selective_Training_and_Service_Act_of_1940
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gptkbp:shortName
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gptkb:Selective_Service_Act_of_1917
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson
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gptkbp:statutesAtLargeCitation
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gptkb:40_Stat._76
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Selective_Service_Act_of_1917
gptkb:Rostker_v._Goldberg
gptkb:United_States_v._Seeger
gptkb:Welsh_v._United_States
gptkb:Cox_v._United_States
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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