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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Greenback_Act
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gptkbp:amendedBy
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gptkb:Legal_Tender_Act_of_1863
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gptkbp:appliesTo
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:approvedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Notes
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:United_States_monetary_policy
gptkb:Economic_history_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:12_Stat._345
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gptkbp:currency
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fiat money
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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February 25, 1862
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gptkbp:effect
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made paper money legal tender for all debts, public and private
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:historicalName
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Legal Tender Act of 1862
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gptkbp:legalStatus
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gptkb:law
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gptkbp:purpose
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authorize the issuance of paper money
finance the Civil War
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Legal_Tender_Cases
gptkb:National_Banking_Act
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gptkbp:repealedBy
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gptkb:Legal_Tender_Act_of_1869
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:United_States_Notes
gptkb:United_States_Note
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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