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Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.

Answer. Any of these is accepted.
Writer of the Declaration of Independence
  • Also accepted
  • 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

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

This is question 87 of 128 on the 2025 USCIS civics test, in the section Colonial period and independence.

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