The paper's editor, was ______ by the burning of the telegraph line.
chased
dismissed
cut off
burnt
By October 4, the smoke was so thick on Green Bay that ships had to use their foghorns and ______ by compass.
steer
drive
guess
navigate
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
consuming
licking
damaging
Smoke sometimes ______ the sun, which was often visible only at midday.
burnt
exposed
illuminated
obscured
Captain Amos Stoddard, a New Englander became one of the _______ of the new lands.
numbers
slave traders
governers
many
The Louisiana Purchase opened a new ________ in American history and closed the old one.
paragraph
chapter
piece
book
The fires seemed to wax and wane, _______ on the wind and chance.
depending
independent
waiting
from
The settlements in the area were becoming increasingly _______ from both the outside world and one another.
isolated
frightened
lonely
inundated
In what might _______ readers today as a particularly chilling reminder of the city's previous masters, two pillories stood on Chartres Street.
strike
instill
inspire
present
At least the smoke had greatly reduced the mosquito population had been _______ to the respectable citizens.
obnoxious
open
frequented
ignorant
As a further _______ of the territory's past governments, the Louisiana State Legislature met in the former palace of the Spanish governors,
plunder
reference
reminder
examination
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.
registering
demanding
arguing
bickering
The winds circling it would turn the smoldering forest of northeastern Wisconsin into ______ on earth.
heaven
paradise
hell
peace
Slavery was not the only _______ of life in New Orleans that would have been unfamiliar to men like Captain Amos Stoddard.
look
view
position
aspect
Stoddard might have been ________ by the odd cultural mix that New Orleans represented.
perplexed
humoured
frightened
interested
Thomas Jefferson, the American President, purchased Louisiana and brought about the _______ of control that occurred on December 20.
hand-over
transfer
transaction
ownership
French immigrants came in from Francophone ________ like San Domingue.
continents
pasts
industries
colonies
Many separate fires ______ in the humus of the forest floor.
engulfed
sank
extinguished
smouldered
New Orleans still _________ in some forms, its odd cultural mix to this day.
retains
relinquishes
replaces
refrains
0n September 30 the Marinette reported hopefully that "the fires have nearly _______ now in this vicinity."
increased
flared
died out
diminished
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