Selective Service Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legislation
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects immigrants and non-citizens
gptkbp:amended_by gptkb:Selective_Service_Act_of_1940
gptkb:Selective_Service_Act_of_1967
gptkb:Selective_Service_Act_of_1948
gptkbp:applies_to male citizens of the United States
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:National_Defense_Act_of_1916
Cold War military strategy
gptkbp:consequences fines and imprisonment
gptkbp:controversy draft evasion
gptkbp:duration remained in effect until 1973
gptkbp:effective_date gptkb:1917
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:enforces gptkb:U._S._Department_of_Defense
1917 to 1973
gptkbp:established gptkb:Selective_Service_System
gptkbp:goal to ensure adequate military manpower
gptkbp:historical_context U. S. involvement in World War I
gptkbp:historical_event established a precedent for future drafts
gptkbp:historical_impact shaped U. S. military recruitment practices
gptkbp:historical_significance first peacetime conscription in U. S. history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Selective Service Act
gptkbp:impact drafting of soldiers
increased military personnel during WWI
gptkbp:includes_provisions_for students, clergy, and certain occupations
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:World_War_I
social movements of the 1960s
public opinion on military service
gptkbp:is_implemented_in gptkb:Selective_Service_System
gptkbp:legal_issue Supreme Court cases
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Military_Selective_Service_Act
gptkbp:public_perception protests against conscription
gptkbp:purpose to authorize the federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I
to authorize the federal government to raise a national army through conscription
gptkbp:registration men must register within 30 days of their 18th birthday
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:Vietnam_War
U. S. military policy
U. S. draft policy
gptkbp:repealed_by gptkb:Public_Law_89-554
gptkb:1975
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:Selective_Service_and_Training_Act_of_1940
gptkbp:requires registration of men aged 18 to 25
gptkbp:signed_by gptkb:President_Woodrow_Wilson
gptkbp:status registration still required for men
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3