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Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Which is one?

First Secretary of the Treasury.

  1. Fourth president of the United States
  2. First Secretary of the Treasury ✔
  3. Founded the first free public libraries

Why: Hamilton set up the nation's money system as the first Secretary of the Treasury. Madison was the fourth president, and Franklin founded the first free public libraries.

Huh, didn't know that: Hamilton's portrait is on the ten-dollar bill.

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Money doesn't grow on trees, but banks have branches.
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Sources

  1. USCIS M-1778 (09/25), 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version) https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf

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