2025 civics test · Question 87

Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.

Colonial Period and Independence

Accepted USCIS answers

  • 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

Source: USCIS 2025 question list. Question list checked September 29, 2026.