Approved April 24, 1800, the act of Congress that made

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Approved April 24, 1800, the act of Congress that made provision for the removal of the government of the United States to the new federal city, Washington, D.C., also established  the Library of Congress.

A. Approved April 24, 1800, the act of Congress that made provision for the removal of the government of the United States to the new federal city, Washington, D.C., also established
B. The act of Congress, which was approved April 24, 1800, making provision for the removal of the government of the United States to the new federal city, Washington, D.C., also established
C. The act of Congress approved April 24, 1800, which made provision for the removal of the government of the United States to the new federal city, Washington, D.C., and established
D. Approved April 24, 1800, making provision for the removal of the government of the United States to the new federal city, Washington, D.C., the act of Congress also established
E. Approved April 24, 1800, the act of Congress made provision for the removal of the government of the United States to the new federal city, Washington, D.C., also establishing

AimHigher · Answer

Approved ..., the act 

has correct modifier

made ... also established .. parallelism

A it is

jylo · Answer

I am going with A based on parallelism for "approved" and "established"

buzzgaurav · Answer

Apart from the reasons stated above, the following also makes A the clear winner.

the act of Congress  that  made provision for

aurobindo · Answer

I was all the time searching for "approved on" ..Not convinced with A.

asaf · Answer

Between B & E...

I like B for ||ism.

Editing: I meant A not B.

Approved...Established...

gmacvik · Answer

I think, it should be A. "that made provision--------also established"

In B ....
 "which was approved April 24, 1800, making provision ----also established"
looks fishy.

THis is a good question, I got questions of this quality in my real test.

VAGMAT · Answer

A for me too!

The phrase "Approved ..." correctly modifies the clause "the act..." and also for the ll between "approved" and "established".

misterJJ2u · Answer

I say A b/c the "act of Congress that made provision for x...also established y."

B. doesn't work for me b/c "The act of Congress making provision for..." is odd.
C. Wrong b/c "the act of Congress approved April 24, 1800 and established the library of Congress" is another odd one.
D. What was approved? Making? No, incorrect.
E. Sounded good at first until "also establishing" was used. "and established" works better. 

my 2 pennies

ncp · Answer

The preposition is also missing from all the other choices. I would not hold it against A. 

I choose A.

Approved April 24, 1800, the act of Congress that made

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