Slavery was not the only _______ of life in New Orleans that would have been unfamiliar to men like Captain Amos Stoddard.
view
aspect
look
position
15
Captain Amos Stoddard, a New Englander became one of the _______ of the new lands.
numbers
many
slave traders
governers
20
Stoddard might have been ________ by the odd cultural mix that New Orleans represented.
frightened
perplexed
interested
humoured
25
New Orleans still _________ in some forms, its odd cultural mix to this day.
relinquishes
retains
replaces
refrains
15
French immigrants came in from Francophone ________ like San Domingue.
pasts
industries
colonies
continents
20
As a further _______ of the territory's past governments, the Louisiana State Legislature met in the former palace of the Spanish governors,
examination
plunder
reminder
reference
25
In what might _______ readers today as a particularly chilling reminder of the city's previous masters, two pillories stood on Chartres Street.
present
strike
instill
inspire
15
Thomas Jefferson, the American President, purchased Louisiana and brought about the _______ of control that occurred on December 20.
ownership
transaction
hand-over
transfer
20
The Louisiana Purchase opened a new ________ in American history and closed the old one.
piece
book
chapter
paragraph
25
Only a few years before, he had rejected a proposal for a national bank by _______ that the Constitution didn't empower the US. government to create such an institution.
bickering
arguing
registering
demanding
15
Many separate fires ______ in the humus of the forest floor.
extinguished
sank
engulfed
smouldered
15
Smoke sometimes ______ the sun, which was often visible only at midday.
obscured
illuminated
exposed
burnt
20
0n September 30, flames came within three miles of the town of Green Bay, _________, 1,200 cords of wood stored at a charcoal kiln.
licking
damaging
avoiding
consuming
25
The settlements in the area were becoming increasingly _______ from both the outside world and one another.
lonely
frightened
inundated
isolated
15
The fires seemed to wax and wane, _______ on the wind and chance.
independent
waiting
from
depending
15
0n September 30 the Marinette reported hopefully that "the fires have nearly _______ now in this vicinity."
