Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

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]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/greenbacks

Download this concept: