Legal Tender Act passed - History.com This Day in History - 2/25/1862 - 0 views
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fazel culbreath on 20 Mar 14Great info US Congress passes legal Tender Act
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Another legal tender act passed in 1863, and by war's end nearly a half-billion dollars in greenbacks had been issued. The Legal Tender Act laid the foundation for the creation of a permanent currency in the decades after the Civil War.