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Official question #118US Citizenship Test
Name one example of an American innovation.
Correct answer
The light bulb
Also accepted: Light bulb · Automobile (cars, internal combustion engine) · Skyscrapers · Airplane · Assembly line · Landing on the moon · Integrated circuit (IC)
Why
USCIS lists the light bulb, the automobile, skyscrapers, the airplane, the assembly line, the Moon landing and the integrated circuit. The printing press, gunpowder and the compass were invented elsewhere centuries earlier.
Answer choices
- AThe printing press
- BThe light bulb
- CGunpowder
- DThe compass