Concept information
Preferred term
greenbacks
Definition
- Wars cannot be won without money, and the Civil War occurred on such a scale that both the Union and the Confederacy struggled to create fiscal policies adequate for the task. The Confederacy never did. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; Greenbacks]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/greenbacks
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