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Thomas Jefferson is perhaps most famous in American society for being the primary author of what critical document?
The Articles of Confederation
Common Sense
The Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
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What is the opening line that Thomas Jefferson composed to begin the Declaration of Independence?
All relationships eventually end
We write to you as free men
When in the course of human events
We the people
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In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson famously asserted that men had rights to all of the following EXCEPT which?
Liberty
Harmony
The Pursuit of Happiness
Life
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Thomas Jefferson primarily authored the Declaration of Independence, but it was edited, reviewed, and approved by what committee?
The Committee of Five
The Briand Council
The Eagle Eyes Council
The Hierarchs of the Sons of Liberty
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Thomas Jefferson hailed from what state that he led as its second-ever governor?
Virginia
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Delaware
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What was the name of Thomas Jefferson's famous estate?
Calimunda
Solomon's Grounds
Monticello
Mount Vernon
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As Governor of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson moved the state's capital from Williamsburg to what city that still remains the state's administrative center?
Augusta
Richmond
Brunswick
Tallahassee
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Jefferson and his revolutionary government had to flee Richmond during the Revolutionary War because what infamous American traitor led the British to assault the city?
Howard Juror
Maxwell Arnault
George Clinton
Benedict Arnold
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Thomas Jefferson wasn't able to attend the Constitutional Convention because he was acting as America's minister to what other country at the time?
Canada
The U.K.
France
Spain
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Thomas Jefferson was said to have invented which of the following devices that he reportedly used to write the Declaration of Independence?
The swivel chair
The mechanical pencil
The ink quill
The rubber eraser
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In honor of Thomas Jefferson's many achievements, his portrait appeared on what American bill value?
One dollar
Two dollars
Five dollars
Ten dollars
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Thomas Jefferson was the first person to fill what position in George Washington's presidential cabinet?
Secretary of Agriculture
Attorney General
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of State
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One of the biggest controversies about Jefferson's personal life is that he entered into a relationship with what enslaved woman who was only around fifteen when he was nearing fifty?
Sally Hemings
Louisa Armstrong
Julia Tambor
Vincette Coplund
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Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings had how many children whom Jefferson then owned and worked as slaves?
2
3
5
6
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Thomas Jefferson was partially elected because of his public opposition to the highly unpopular Alien and Sedition Acts passed by what other president?
James Monroe
James Madison
John Adams
George Washington
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In 1787, the Jefferson Proviso did which of the following?
Outlawed the sale of alcohol in the United States.
Outlawed slavery in northwestern states.
Ended the federal income tax
Expanded voting rights to all White men 21 years of age and older.
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What is the title of the collection of essays written by Thomas Jefferson to explain his home state and his revolutionary philosophy to his allies in France?
The Virginia Plan
Notes on the State of Virginia
Virginia Is in My Heart
What Can I Tell You About Virginia?
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Thomas Jefferson opposed what 1807 Supreme Court case that established the concept of judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison
Miranda v. Arizona
Texas v. Johnson
Dred Scott v. Sandford
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Thomas Jefferson served as the vice president of what American president?
John Adams
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison formed what political party that grew up out of the Antifederalist Party?
The Know-Nothing Party
The Free Soil Party
The Whig Party
The Democratic-Republican Party
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As part of their antifederalist agenda, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison drafted what two documents in secret that claimed individual states didn't have to follow the federal government's dictates?
The Ohio and Pennsylvania Resolutions
The Alabama and Georgia Resolutions
The Massachusetts and Connecticut Resolutions
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
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In 1807, Jefferson put the weight of the presidency behind a crucial act prohibiting which of the following?
The legal status of lynch mobs as deputies
The claiming of women as legal property
The sale of opium in America
The import of slaves into America
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During the latter part of Jefferson's presidency, he passed what act that prohibited trade for American vessels in foreign ports?
The Embargo Act
The Foreign Soil Act
The Chesapeake-Leopard Act
The Lyon Act
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Morocco, Tripoli, and Algiers are three of the coastal nations that made up what geographic region whose notorious pirate bands Thomas Jefferson went to war against?
The Barbary Coast
The Moorish Coast
The Mali Coast
The Ivory Coast
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One of the most impactful accomplishments of Thomas Jefferson's presidency was what deal he organized with France to more-than-double the size of the U.S.A.?
The Louisiana Purchase
The Northwest Acquisition
The Gadsden Purchase
The Rollerbeck Treaty
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Jefferson sent what famous pair of explorers to chart out the new land added by the Louisiana Purchase?
Davis and Hawkins
Compton and Folger
Stills and Nash
Lewis and Clark
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One of the most important peace agreements that Thomas Jefferson brokered was with Black Hoof, Chief of what Native American tribe?
The Oglala
The Lakota Sioux
The Shawnee
The Cherokee
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Thomas Jefferson's presidential cabinet was thrown into disarray when what vice president of Jefferson's murdered Alexander Hamilton?
Henry Clay
John Jay
Howard Baelin
Aaron Burr
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Thomas Jefferson died on the fiftieth anniversary of what historic event?
The Inauguration of George Washington
The Ratification of the Constitution
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The signing of the Declaration of Independence
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Mount Rushmore, a monument that honors Jefferson as well as three other American presidents, stands in what American state?
North Dakota
South Dakota
North Carolina
South Carolina
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