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2025 Civics Test · Question 87 of 128

Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.

En español: Thomas Jefferson es famoso por muchas cosas. Mencione una. — ver en español

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Accepted answers (USCIS M-1778)

  • 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

In the Naturalizer app, this question is taught inside “The founding” — the story of how thirteen colonies became a nation with a Constitution. On the real test, an officer asks up to 20 of the 128 questions out loud; 12 correct answers pass.

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