What was the department called before 1949?

What was the department called before 1949?

• A. Dept of War
• B. Dept of State
• C. Dept of Navy
• D. Dept of Homeland Security

Answer: (A)

It's about how U.S. military departments were named before the postwar reorganization in the late 1940s. Before 1949, the land-force portion of the U.S. military was overseen by the War Department. In 1947, the National Security Act created the Department of Defense, bringing together the War and Navy Departments under a single umbrella and reorganizing the structure that would become the DoD by 1949. Because of that turning point, the War Department is the name associated with the period just prior to that major change.

It's about how U.S. military departments were named before the postwar reorganization in the late 1940s. Before 1949, the land-force portion of the U.S. military was overseen by the War Department. In 1947, the National Security Act created the Department of Defense, bringing together the War and Navy Departments under a single umbrella and reorganizing the structure that would become the DoD by 1949. Because of that turning point, the War Department is the name associated with the period just prior to that major change.