2025 version (128 questions)Updated for the Oct 20, 2025 testA: Colonial Period and Independence

Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.

Answer

  • 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

Explanation

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, served as the first Secretary of State and third president, and doubled U.S. territory through the Louisiana Purchase. USCIS accepts any one of these.

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A: Colonial Period and Independence

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