GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: The United States had never previously experienced

I remember a problem in OG where there were 3 Actions and had (Action1 ) , Had (Action2) , Was (Action3) and thought that their are three actions here...

,one earlier than the second 1876 election, and finally he won the elections... hence preferred E..

How is that not the case here...???

I had a similar problem with this question..

"Although severely damaged in the hurricane, the captain was able to repair
the generator so that it could power the hospital until the city???s electricity
...

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