Is the underlined clause independent or subordinate?

steve is going downtown so that he can buy some sneakers.

a.
independent

b.
subordinate

Read the excerpt from a history of the world in 100 objects. power is usually not willingly given, but forcefully taken; and in both europe and america the nineteenth century was punctuated by political protest, with periodic revolutions on the continent, the civil war in america and, in britain, a steady struggle to widen the suffrage. what would be a benefit of reading this text rather than listening to an audio version of it? the reader could analyze the text features in the excerpt. the reader could visualize the description given. the reader could set his or her own pace and reread parts for clarity. the reader could hear the sounds of the political protest.

The missionaries who appear in the novel are colonists from a) britain b) portugal c) spain d) italy

According to the study, a is when you string one quote after another in an essay without connecting them