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Official question #89US Citizenship Test
Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Name one.
Correct answer
First Secretary of the Treasury
Also accepted: First Secretary of the Treasury · One of the writers of the Federalist Papers · Helped establish the First Bank of the United States · Aide to General George Washington · Member of the Continental Congress
Why
Hamilton was an aide to General Washington, a member of the Continental Congress, a writer of the Federalist Papers and the first Secretary of the Treasury, who helped establish the First Bank of the United States. He was never President.
Answer choices
- AThird president of the United States
- BFirst Secretary of the Treasury
- CWrote the Declaration of Independence
- DCommanded the Union Army