apr 1, 1863 - Confederacy enacts the one-tenth tax

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A tax adopted by the Confederacy in 1863 that required all farmers to turn over a tenth of their crops and livestock to the government for military use. The tax demonstrated the southern government’s strong use of centralized power; it caused great hardship for poor families.

-applied to poor fams with men in army, many civilians starved while the rich profited.
-women broke into bakeries and government warehouses to feed their children

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