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sep 16, 1940 - Selective Service Act of 1940

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- Roosevelt pushed neutrality back by persuading Congress to enact law for compulsory military service
- The Selective Training and Service Act provided for the registration of all American men between 21 and 35 and for the training of 1.2 million troops in one year
- Isolationists opposed peacetime draft but was outnumbered.

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sep 16, 1940
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