On this day in 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Selective Service and Training Act, which requires all male citizens between the ages of 26 and 35 to register for the military draft, beginning on October 16. The act had been passed by Congress 10 days earlier.
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For World War I, Congress first created the Selective Service Act, which established the system of local draft boards. All men aged 21 to 30 were eligible for the draft. A similar system was created in 1940 for all men aged 21 to 35.
https://usconstitution.net/consttop_drft.html
When was the first draft instituted in the US month day year? The first military alliance US entered into during peacetime? What US war was the military draft first used? The US Civil War (1861-1865) was the first official draft for US  Troops; The Vietnam War (1961-1975) was the last official draft for  US Troops. The draft was ended by Pres…ident Nixon.
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World War II. United States imposes the draft. On this day in 1940, the Burke-Wadsworth Act is passed by Congress, by wide margins in both houses, and the first peacetime draft in the history of the United States is imposed. Selective Service was born.
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U.S. Constitution. Constitutional Topic: The Draft. The Constitutional Topics pages at the USConstitution.net site are presented to delve deeper into topics than can be provided on the Glossary Page or in the FAQ pages. This Topic Page concerns the draft. The draft is seen in the Constitution at Article 1, Section 8, Clause 12.
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May 1, 1954. foundation of mc.donalds. Ray Kroc founds the idea for the McDonald's corporation, agreeing to franchise the idea of Dick and Mac McDonald, who had started the first McDonald's restaurant in 1940 and had eight restaurants by 1954. May 17, 1954.
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United States imposes the draft. On this day in 1940, the Burke-Wadsworth Act is passed by Congress, by wide margins in both houses, and the first peacetime draft in the history of the United States is imposed. Selective Service was born. The registration of men between the ages of 21 and 36 began exactly one month...
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1940- 1990. The Battle of Britain was the intense air battle between the Germans and the British over Great Britain's airspace from July 1940 to May 1941, with the heaviest fighting from July to October 1940. The U.S. Congress approves and enacts the first peacetime conscription draft.
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The draft started....The Government instituted the Nations first peacetime draft in September of 1940 and began to prepare troops for combat. got this from the web. --------…--- Actually, if we are referring to the United States, the first actual Draft was used by the North in the Civil War.
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One of the holders of the first number (258) in the U.S. military draft lottery in 1917 was an Alden C. Flagg. His son, Alden C. Flagg, Jr., of Boston, was a holder of the first number (158) in the U.S. peacetime draft lottery of 1940. The wartime draft was extended by Congress, but it expired in 1947.
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what bill started the first peacetime draft in u.s. history?
The Burke-Wadsworth Act started the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. The Burke-Wadsworth Act started the first peacetime draft in United States history.