GREENBACK

Greenback

The term greenback refers to legal tender, printed in green on one side and issued by the United States during the American Civil War which was backed not by the conventional gold or silver standard but by the credibility of the U.S. Government. It was largely what financed the Civil War while promoting and making the industrial revolution possible in the process.

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greenback

Noun

  1. Any bill that is legal tender in the US (originally printed with green and black ink) issued by the .
  2. The United States dollar.
  3. A unit of American currency issued during the Civil War by the Treasury Department.


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