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