The 1940 act establishing the peacetime draft is known as which act?

• A. Selective Training and Service Act
• B. National Service Act
• C. Military Draft Act
• D. Conscription Act

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is identifying the first peacetime draft in U.S. history and how it was organized. The 1940 law that established this system is known as the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. It created the Selective Service System to register men for potential military service and to train draftees, enabling the United States to mobilize rapidly if war broadened. This act marked a shift from relying on volunteers to having a formal mechanism for conscription even in peacetime, with initial registration for men typically aged 21 to 36 (and later expanded). The other names listed don’t reflect the official title of this specific statute; they’re generic terms or used in different contexts, whereas the Selective Training and Service Act is the precise name of the 1940 act.