The British Government introduced conscription in March 1916 because voluntary enlistment could no longer meet the army’s need for recruits. Under the terms of the Military Service Act, all medically fit single men between the ages of 19 and 41 were deemed to have enlisted in the armed forces on 2 March.
In May 1916 a second Government act extended conscription to married men and the age limit was lowered to 18. Conscripted men had no choice about which service, regiment or unit they joined.
Republican opposition to social programs stood
in the way of President Kennedy’s “New Frontier” programs of sending a man to
the moon, increasing federal spending for education, and increasing aid to
relieve poverty.
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