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aug 5, 1861 - Lincoln Imposes first federal Income Tax.

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Signing the Revenue Act, Lincoln passes a law that a 3 percent tax would be taking from people who make over 800 dollars a year. Did this so government has money to fund Civil War.

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aug 5, 1861
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~ 165 years ago