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