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Selective Training and Service Act of 1940
Research Starters: The Draft and World War II. On September 16, 1940, the United States instituted the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft. This was the first peacetime draft in United States' history.
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Augusta Gregory was an Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. She died of breast cancer.
Voltaire's strongest belief was his belief in free will, the power of empirical science and a separation of church and state.
writing the "Star-Spangled Banner," and fighting the Battle of New Orleans
It is not called, the Star-Spangled Banner. The star spangled banner is the name given to the flag of the United States that has fifteen stars and fifteen stripes. A giant flag flew in the face of the British during the bombardment of fort McHenry at the Battle of Baltimore. Francis Scott key, who was a lawyer negotiating a prison trade on board one of the ships in the harbor, was stuck when the blockade formed. Witnessing the bombardment, he then wrote "Defense of Fort McHenry" not "Star-Spangled Banner".
The Battle of New Orleans was a failed attempted by the British to capture the New Orleans and control travel on the Mississippi river. Which would devastate the American Colonies. A colonel at the time, Andrew Jackson lead a force of Militia and Military against the British, devastated the assault and is recalled as one of the greatest American Victory of all time.
