Question

Which sentence uses a dependent clause to correctly combine these two sentences? James made the basket. The crowd went wild. James made the basket, and the crowd went wild. Because James made the basket, the crowd went wild. James made the basket; the crowd went wild. Because James made the basket; and the crowd went wild.

Answer 1

Because James made the basket , the crowd went wild.

Answer 2

A dependent clause is the clause which cannot stand alone in its meaning on the other hand independent clause refers to the phrase which can stand alone, though both have a subject and a verb.  

Sentence which uses a dependent clause to correctly combine two sentences is:

Because James made the basket, the crowd went wild.

'Because James made the basket' is the dependent clause.

Whereas, first and third sentence are independent clauses.