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What did the United States treasury create when the legal tender act was passed in 1862

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the U.S. Congress passes the Legal Tender Act, authorizing the use of paper notes to pay the government's bills. ... The Legal Tender Act allowed the government to print $150 million in paper money that was not backed by a similar amount of gold and silver.
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It established a common national currency

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