Thomas Jefferson's Presidency

by Emily Rose Oachs

Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, was a man of contradictions. Jefferson penned the most stirring claim of the Declaration of Independence: "all men are created equal." Yet during his lifetime, Jefferson owned hundreds of enslaved African Americans.

An adamant believer in limited government, Jefferson nevertheless acted without constitutional power to buy land from France--the Louisiana Purchase--that doubled...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467779237
• ISBN13: 9781467779234
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 11 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 6 to Postsecondary