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Hyperinflation and the Confederacy: An Interdisciplinary Lesson in Economics and History

Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 3:02pm

--Brooke Graham Doyle
The Confederacy’s answer to revenue deficits during the Civil War was to print more money, leading to hyperinflation on an unprecedented scale.

http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6506/650607.html [1]

Civil War [2]
Social Education [3]
Secondary/High School [4]
Economics [5]
US History [6]

Source URL: http://www.socialstudies.org/teacherslibrary/hyperinflation-and-confederacy-interdisciplinary-lesson-economics-and-history

Links:
[1] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6506/650607.html
[2] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/historical-period/cilvi-war
[3] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/journal/social-education
[4] http://www.socialstudies.org/secondaryhighschool
[5] http://www.socialstudies.org/economics
[6] http://www.socialstudies.org/ushistory