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Selective Service Act of 1917

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Historical Synthesis:  During the Civil War, the U.S. Congress passes a conscription act that produces the first wartime draft of U.S. citizens in American history. The act called for registration of all males between the ages of 20 and 45, including aliens with the intention of becoming citizens, by April 1. Exemptions from the draft could be bought for $300 or by finding a substitute draftee. This clause led to bloody draft riots in New York City, where protesters were outraged that exemptions were effectively granted only to the wealthiest U.S. citizens.

 

Selective Service Act of 1917 All males aged 18 to 45 were eligible. By the end of World War I, some 2.8 million had been drafted.This meant that more than half of the almost 4.8 million Americans who served in the armed forces were drafted. 

 

 

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