SELECTIVE TRAINING AND SERVICE ACT SEPTEMBER 1940 SELECTIVE TRAINING AND SERVICE ACT U.S GOV'T LEGISLATIVE NATIONAL DEFENSE WORLD WAR II U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION GLOBAL RELATIONS IN SEPTEMBER 1940 CONGRESS PASSED THE SELECTIVE TRAINING AND SERVICE ACT IT ESTABLISHED THE FIRST MILITARY DRAFT IN PEACETIME ANTICIPATING THE EVENTUAL INVOLVEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT ENGINEERED THE ACT IN ORDER TO ENLARGE THE ARMY THE ACT REQUIRED THAT ALL MEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 21 AND 35 REGISTER FOR MILITARY SERVICE IT ALSO CALLED FOR THE TRAINING OF MORE THAN 1 MILLION TROOPS AND 800000 RESERVES OVER A ONE YEAR PERIOD THIS ACT EXEMPTED FROM MILITARY SERVICE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS OR THOSE WHO OPPOSED WAR BECAUSE OF RELIGIOUS OR MORAL BELIEFS DURING WORLD WAR II THE U.S GOVERNMENT REQUIRED CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF NATIONAL SERVICE
