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Official question #85US Citizenship Test
Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one.
Correct answer
Inventor
Also accepted: Founded the first free public libraries · First Postmaster General of the United States · Helped write the Declaration of Independence · Inventor · U.S. diplomat
Why
Franklin was an inventor, founded early free public libraries, served as the first Postmaster General and as a diplomat in France, and helped write the Declaration of Independence. He was never President.
Answer choices
- AThird president of the United States
- BWrote the Star-Spangled Banner
- CCommanded the Union Army
- DInventor