The Selective Service Act was a means of

a. getting money to support the war effort.

b. getting women to take over jobs formerly done by men.

c. drafting young men for the military forces.

d. finding jobs for men after they left military service.

The Selective Service Act or other known as Selective Draft Act was a means of the federal government of drafting young men for the military force. Based on the act the government tried to raise a national army for World War I through the compulsory enlistment of the people.