Question 118 of 128 · 2025 test
Name one example of an American innovation.
2025 test only
This question is from the 2025 test, which applies if you filed Form N-400 on or after Oct 20, 2025: the officer asks up to 20 of the 128 questions and 12 correct answers pass. Earlier filers take the 2008 test - check your version on the official USCIS test-updates page.
7 accepted answers
- Light bulb
- Automobile (cars, internal combustion engine)
- Skyscrapers
- Airplane
- Assembly line
- Landing on the moon
- Integrated circuit (IC)
The 65/20 special consideration
Question 118 is not one of the 20 asterisked questions, so an applicant who qualifies for the 65/20 special consideration would not be asked it. Everyone else studies all 128.
Answers that get mixed up with this one
These are the wrong options the 2025 practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different 2025 question.
- New York (Harbor)answers Question 120: Where is the Statue of Liberty?
- A holiday to honor soldiers who died in military serviceanswers Question 127: What is Memorial Day?
- (Franklin) Rooseveltanswers Question 105: Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?
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Question and answers from the USCIS document 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778 (09/25), U.S. government public domain.