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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the American south lack adequate supplies for against the north?

2. Why did the British ban Orissa salt?

3. What is the name of the island the Louisiana salt works owners bought?

4. What is the name of the popular salted salmon dish?

5. What did Sarah Hale discover could preserve fish?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Cheshire salt?

2. How did Britain enforce the new salt laws?

3. What virtually destroyed the salt industry in China in 1995?

4. How did the American War of Independence begin?

5. How did the French deal with salt smugglers?

6. How did the British help the Chinese in 1912?

7. How did the northern states immediately get one over the southern states at the start of the Civil War?

8. What did Birdseye discover?

9. What problems do the British salt mines have in this section?

10. How did the Indians react to the British banning the trade of their salt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What part did salt play in the following conflicts?

1. The American Revolution.

2. The French Revolution.

3. The American Civil War.

Essay Topic 2

Why was Humphry Davy in the development of salt? What problems has Davy's discovery caused?

Essay Topic 3

Why did salt start to become less important to society in the 19th century? How did this affect the food industry in both Europe and America?

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