Captain Amos Stoddard, a New Englander became one of the _______ of the new lands.
governers
numbers
slave traders
many
As a further _______ of the territory's past governments, the Louisiana State Legislature met in the former palace of the Spanish governors,
reference
plunder
examination
reminder
At least the smoke had greatly reduced the mosquito population had been _______ to the respectable citizens.
obnoxious
ignorant
frequented
open
Stoddard might have been ________ by the odd cultural mix that New Orleans represented.
interested
frightened
perplexed
humoured
French immigrants came in from Francophone ________ like San Domingue.
pasts
continents
colonies
industries
Slavery was not the only _______ of life in New Orleans that would have been unfamiliar to men like Captain Amos Stoddard.
view
aspect
position
look
0n September 30, flames came within three miles of the town of Green Bay, _________, 1,200 cords of wood stored at a charcoal kiln.
damaging
licking
consuming
avoiding
The paper's editor, was ______ by the burning of the telegraph line.
cut off
dismissed
burnt
chased
By October 4, the smoke was so thick on Green Bay that ships had to use their foghorns and ______ by compass.
guess
navigate
drive
steer
The settlements in the area were becoming increasingly _______ from both the outside world and one another.
isolated
frightened
inundated
lonely
Thomas Jefferson, the American President, purchased Louisiana and brought about the _______ of control that occurred on December 20.
ownership
transaction
transfer
hand-over
The winds circling it would turn the smoldering forest of northeastern Wisconsin into ______ on earth.
hell
paradise
heaven
peace
The fires seemed to wax and wane, _______ on the wind and chance.
waiting
independent
from
depending
0n September 30 the Marinette reported hopefully that "the fires have nearly _______ now in this vicinity."
diminished
increased
died out
flared
The Louisiana Purchase opened a new ________ in American history and closed the old one.
piece
book
paragraph
chapter
New Orleans still _________ in some forms, its odd cultural mix to this day.
refrains
relinquishes
replaces
retains
Smoke sometimes ______ the sun, which was often visible only at midday.
illuminated
obscured
burnt
exposed
In what might _______ readers today as a particularly chilling reminder of the city's previous masters, two pillories stood on Chartres Street.
present
strike
inspire
instill
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.
demanding
arguing
registering
bickering
Many separate fires ______ in the humus of the forest floor.
engulfed
smouldered
extinguished
sank
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