The correct answer is D) The Selective Service Act increased the size and strength of the U.S. military.
The development that may have changed this perspective by the end of 1918 was the Selective Service Act increased the size and strength of the U.S. military.
The United States Army was not respected before 1917 in the international arena, as the German Officer quote says. But things changed after the signing of the Selective Service Act that increased the size and strength of the U.S. military. The Selective Draft Act was enacted on May 18, 1917. It allowed the federal government of the United States to organize a professional national Army to send it to World War 1. The act was drafted by General Hugh S. Jhonson.
In 1793,France,under the leadership of Napoleon,declared war on Spain,Britain and Holland.The United States lacked the resources and desire to enter the Napoleonic Wars,and even Jefferson agreed with Hamilton and Washington that USA should remain neutral.
US neutrality was compromised when Citizen Zenet,the French ambassador to the United States,began to recruit Americans to fight for the French.Additionally,Genet tried to use American ports to launch French naval attacks on the British and use American soil to train French troops.
Hamilton argued that the US did not need to honour the 1778 treaty because it had been an agreement with the king of France ,not with the new French Republic established during the French Revolution.hamilton also encouraged Washington to deny Genet's request that the United States repay its debts to France in advance.
Harry Truman was president in 1945
I believe it was Bc that didn't do anything to get women equal rights