2008 civics test · Question 68
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
Colonial Period and Independence
Accepted USCIS answers
- U.S. diplomat
- oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
- first Postmaster General of the United States
- writer of “Poor Richard's Almanac”
- started the first free libraries
Source: USCIS 2008 question list. Question list checked September 29, 2026.