RECONSTRUCTION
income tax
federal income tax, dude.
As a result of the Civil War, Congress imprisoned Pro-Southern leaders in Maryland.
Lincoln taxed income to pay for the Civil War. This tax was later repealed by Congress.
The Congress
Congress
republicans
The congress decided to pay some of them with land
After the Civil War.
To pay for the war, the Confederate States of America issued vast amounts of paper money during the Civil War. Likewise, the U.S. Congress authorized the printing of paper currency for the first time in 1862. This paper money was called the greenback.
About 45 US Congressmen fought in the US Civil War; Union Forces of course.
The Congress passed an income tax