A. Polar regions. Explorers didn't start getting close to the ice caps until a decade or two before world war 2 started.
B. Executive because the president is in the executive department or branch. It could not be administrative because that is not one of the three departments or branches.
1 would be A
2 would be C
3 would be B
I agree with the Selective Act, because at the time the United States was going into a war against large armies when their military was small. The act was required to build a bigger military fast enough to go to war.