Episode 0117—Draft Diverted

08/11/21 • 75 min

On August 12, 1941, the US House of Representatives by a single vote retained the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 preserving the recently instituted peacetime draft a mere months before the United States formally entered World War II with Speaker Sam Rayburn being a key factor in using a keen knowledge of House parliamentary rules and quick gavel to secure the vote.
How would US involvement in World War II have been different if the Act had not been retained? Regular show contributor Chris Coppola joins to explore the topic.
Helpful and Referenced Web Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Training_and_Service_Act_of_1940
How Mr. Sam Saved the Draft (Washington Post, August 18, 1991)
Dan Carlin's Supernova in the East (Episode 1 of 6) [Hardcore History]
The Room Where It Happened (Podcast Feed)Room #1: Capital Squared
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Episode 0116—No Boy's Club
For most of recorded history, thrones have been inherited by the oldest MALE child through the principle of "male primogeniture." How would history be different generally if eldest female children had not been passed over in favor of their male siblings?
Links to The Room Where It HappenedInaugural Episode
Room #1: Capital Squared
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In the Compromise of 1790, the United States capital was fixed at the location we still know today, Washington, DC.
What if the capital had remained in New York City or had been moved later in time to a more central location?
The Room Where It Happened--Room #1
Capital Squared (The Compromise of 1790)
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