Which word could best replace either of the underlined words in the paragraph?

in the 1800s a ship carrying settlers and their cargo sank in a river. no lives were lost but the settlers' possessions disappeared forever, people thought. but later the river changed course. the shipwreck was uncovered on dry land. the items were dug up and are now in a museum.

a.
goods

b.
stuff

c.
trash

d.
keepsakes

the underlined word is cargo and prossessions

the civil rights act was passed on april 9, 1866 by a republican dominated congress. it was passed over president johnson's veto, in an effort to push back against discrimination of african americans.

jenkins wanted the narrator to write a ghost story for his magazine. he wanted the narrator to give the readers a story based on the supernatural. he wanted him to give the readers real 'horror' stories and not the type of live ghosts which he had presented in his earlier stories.