Question

Read the passage from The American Plague.

Adding to his frustration was the fact that very few official papers had made their way to him at Mount Vernon. Washington was a stickler for orderly files that he could search at a moment's notice. This was the most important way he kept himself informed about the hundreds of things happening in the fledgling nation. Unfortunately, when the government clerks had panicked and dashed from Philadelphia, they had abandoned all papers and records in boarded-up houses.

Which line from the passage can be defined as the cause?

"Adding to his frustration was the fact that very few official papers had made their way to him at Mount Vernon."
"Washington was a stickler for orderly files that he could search at a moment's notice."
"This was the most important way he kept himself informed about the hundreds of things happening in the fledgling nation."
"Unfortunately, when the government clerks had panicked and dashed from Philadelphia, they had abandoned all papers and records in boarded-up houses."

Answer 1

Unfortunately, when the government clerks had panicked and dashed from Philadelphia, they had abandoned all papers and records in boarded-up houses."

Answer 2

The cause of Washington's consternation was "Unfortunately, when the government clerks ... Philadelphia, they had abandoned all papers ... boarded-up houses."

What was the cause of Washington's frustrations?

Washington could not access certain documents that he wanted which made him frustrated as this was his way of keeping up with the affairs of the nation.

The reason he could not access these documents, was because when government clerks fled Philidelphia, they had to abandon documents because they fled in panic.

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