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