Data Set: Thomas Jefferson
Slavery and Sally Hemings
4. In 1998, a DNA test proved that Jefferson was the father of Sally Hemings children.
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.
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.”
7. At age twenty-six, Jefferson began to built his home Monticello which means little mountain in Italian
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.
9. Jefferson was considered a renaissance man; he was an architect, farmer, writer, and inventor.
11. George Washington selected Jefferson to be his Secretary of State.
