2 Apr 1863 Jahr - One Tenth Tax

Beschreibung:

-opposed by many southern slaveholders
-South was struggling to finance the war
-required all farmers to turn over a tenth of their crops and livestock to the government for military use
-affected poor families with men fighting in war
-inflation caused riots
-Confederacy could only sustain by taking citizens' property

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