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Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one.

Answer. Any of these is accepted.
Inventor
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  • U.S. diplomat
  • First Postmaster General of the United States
  • Founded the first free public libraries
  • Helped write the Declaration of Independence

Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 2025 civics test. Last reviewed September 5, 2026.

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

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