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