The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 _______________________

question 12

Multiple Choice

The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 _______________________.

• A) prohibited the drafting of American men into the armed forces until Congress adopted a formal declaration of war
• B) required the racial integration of the armed forces of the United States
• C) was the first peacetime military draft in American history
• D) allowed women as well as men to be drafted into the armed forces of the United States

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