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Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one.

Answer. Any of these is accepted.
Inventor
  • Also accepted
  • U.S. diplomat
  • First Postmaster General of the United States
  • Founded the first free public libraries
  • Helped write the Declaration of Independence
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Benjamin Franklin es famoso por muchas cosas. Mencione una.
  • Inventor
  • Diplomático estadounidense
  • Primer director general de la Oficina de Correos de Estados Unidos
  • Fundó las primeras bibliotecas públicas gratuitas
  • Ayudó a redactar la Declaración de Independencia

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Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 2025 civics test. Last reviewed September 5, 2026. Report a problem with this question.

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This is question 85 of 128 on the 2025 USCIS civics test, in the section Colonial period and independence.

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