Which of the following statements from Chapter 21 is false?
Select one:
a. There was no American counterpart to the European practice of rapidly equipping, training, and mobilizing reservists and conscripts.
b. The United States historically relied solely on traditional volunteerism to fill the ranks of the armed forces.
c. Because U.S. troops were so unprepared for war, The American Expeditionary Force (some 2 million U.S. military personnel) that
was sent to fight in Europe fought in regiments, brigades, and divisions that were comprised of officers from Great Britain, France, and
other Allied nations.
d. Unlike the largest European military powers of Germany, France, and Austria-Hungary, no tradition existed in the United States to
maintain large standing armed forces or trained military reserves during peacetime. .
e. Despite fears of popular resistance, the U.S. Congress instituted a reasonably equitable and locally administered system to draft
men for the military with the Selective Service Act of May 1917.