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
- Automobile (cars, internal combustion engine)
- Skyscrapers
- Airplane
- Assembly line
- Landing on the moon
- Integrated circuit (IC)
Grandpa explains
Edison made the light bulb practical, the Wright brothers flew the first airplane, and in 1969 we landed on the moon.
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- Printing press
- Gunpowder
- Compass
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- 104When did the Great Depression start?
- 105Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?
Official sources:
- USCIS · 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778 (09/25) ↗ · checked October 6, 2026
The plain explanation is ours; the official answers are USCIS's, word for word.