Data Set: Thomas Jefferson
Place the following facts into the categories of: Slavery and Sally Hemings, Jefferson Life, Jefferson as President, Jefferson Jobs
Slavery and Sally Hemings
4. In 1998, a DNA test proved that Jefferson was the father of Sally Hemings children.
Jefferson Life
2. After his presidency, Jefferson founded and built the University of Virginia.
5. Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that “all men were created equal.”
Jefferson as President
3. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.
10. Jefferson was elected president in 1800. 12. Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark on an expedition to explore and map the American West.
Jefferson Jobs
1. Jefferson became the ambassador of France and lived there with his daughter Maria and Sally Hemings.
11. George Washington selected Jefferson to be his Secretary of State.
6. Jefferson owned a slave by the name of Sally Hemings and had an affair with her that lasted nearly 26 years.
8. Jefferson had slaves at his home in Virginia.
9. Jefferson was considered a renaissance man; he was an architect, farmer, writer, and inventor.
