Question 118: Name one example of an American innovation.

Official answers (any one counts)

USCIS accepts any of these answers. If the question asks for more than one, give as many as it asks.

• Light bulb
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• Automobile (cars, internal combustion engine)
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• Skyscrapers
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• Airplane
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• Assembly line
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• Landing on the moon
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• Integrated circuit (IC)
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Grandpa explains

Edison made the light bulb practical, the Wright brothers flew the first airplane, and in 1969 we landed on the moon.

Careful: these are NOT the answer

These are the common mix-ups. The app uses them as traps so you practice.

• Printing press
• Gunpowder
• Compass

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• 103What was the Great Depression?
• 104When did the Great Depression start?
• 105Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?

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