Civics test question 87 of 128 · Colonial Period and Independence
Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.
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- Writer of the Declaration of Independence
- Third president of the United States
- Doubled the size of the United States
- Louisiana Purchase
- First Secretary of State
- Founded the University of Virginia
- Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom
Why this is the answer
Thomas Jefferson is strongly connected to the Declaration of Independence because he wrote it. He was also the third President and is linked to the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the United States.
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Answers that are not correct
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- 16th president of the United States
- General during World War II
- First Secretary of the Treasury
- Father of Our Country
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