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