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Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, Apollo 11 (1969)
USCIS Civics · Question 118 of 128

Name one example of an American innovation.

Official Answer

Light bulb

Also accepted: Automobile (cars, internal combustion engine) · Skyscrapers · Airplane · +3 more

In plain English

One example of an American innovation is the light bulb. An innovation is a new invention or idea. Americans also created the airplane, the assembly line, skyscrapers, the integrated circuit, and the landing on the moon. Remember one American innovation: the light bulb.

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Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, Apollo 11 (1969)
Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, Apollo 11 (1969)NASA, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Image: Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, Apollo 11 (1969) — NASA, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.Answers verbatim from USCIS M-1778 (09/25)