2025 test · Question 118 of 128
Name one example of an American innovation.
Answers from the USCIS list
Give one of these answers. Words in light (parentheses) are optional.
- Light bulb
- Automobile optional: (cars, internal combustion engine)
- Skyscrapers
- Airplane
- Assembly line
- Landing on the moon
- Integrated circuit optional: (IC)
Our explanation
An innovation is a new idea, invention, or way of doing something. American innovations include the light bulb, the airplane, and skyscrapers. In 1969, the U.S. became the first country to land a person on the moon.
Remember it
Drive a car, fly an airplane, visit a skyscraper, switch on a light bulb.
Source
USCIS 2025 Study Guide (One Nation, One People, M-1175) p. 65: “In 1969, the U.S. became the first country to land a person on the moon.” Other examples from M-1778 (09/25) 128 Civics Questions and Answers, Q118.
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