|Question 17Verbal

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Robert B. Elliott was one of the nearly two thousand African Americans who won a public office during the Reconstruction era, the twelve-year period that followed the Civil War. A politician from South Carolina,       
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Elliott was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1870 by his constituents.
A
1870 was the year that Elliott was elected to the US House of Representatives by his constituents.
B
constituents of Elliott elected him to the US House of Representatives in 1870.
C
in 1870, his constituents elected Elliott to the US House of Representatives.
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