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WorksheetsThe Real Thomas Jefferson
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 5mins
Jefferson started the nailery to __.
Meet the requirements of his father-in-law, Thomas Shaw
Punish adolescent enslaved boys for escaping from slavery
Put enslaved boys aged 10-16 to work in a skilled trade that would allow them to rise to hilltop jobs
Try out new forms of disciplining slaves and profit-sharing with overseers
The severe, harsh overseer Jefferson hired to discipline slaves, giving him 2% of the profits to motivate him to treat them with then severity and discipline required to keep the nailery running
Gabriel Lilly
Jimmy Hemmings
Issac Granger
James Hubbard
After James Hubbard's first escape attempt, Jefferson had him whipped severely and sold away to another plantation in the Deep South.
True
False
Jefferson spent outside of his means, leading him to be $100,000 in debt at the time of his death, forcing the sale of his slaves and the separation of families
True
False
Jefferson believed slavery should eventually be abolished, but gradually over time, requiring "time, patience, and perseverance in the curative process."
True
False
Jefferson believed when slaves were emancipated, they should be resettled in another land like the Caribbean or in Africa, because they could never be accepted as equal citizens of the United States
False
True
Jefferson accepted that America's agriculture-based economy would decline the capitalist market economy that was developing in the North would be better for America.
True
False
Which of the following was NOT a major achievement of Thomas Jefferson?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence
As president, he purchased the Louisiana Territory
He founded the University of Virginia
He was a general in the Revolutionary War, fighting alongside George Washington
He wrote the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
