|Question 18Verbal

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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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