Chapter 16: The War Between the Salts

Question 1

By 1860, the _______ _______ had become a huge salt _______, _______ using far more salt per capita than Europeans.

Answer 1

United States; consumer; Americans

Question 2

_______, the leading salt supplier, reached its peak production during the _______ _____.

Answer 2

Onondaga; Civil War

Question 3

As the war [Civil War] went on, the ______ army attacked saltworks wherever it found them, from Virginia to Texas. The Union navy attacked salt production all along the _________ coast.

Answer 3

Union; Confederate

Question 4

Working conditions at the improvised wartime saltworks at the _________ were even worse than those at _______ had been.

Answer 4

Confederacy; Kanawha