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Thomas Jefferson was a great president. He doubled America's land peacefully, emphasized the importance of education amongst the people, and managed to build up and finance a great army.

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False, Thomas Jefferson was a democratic-republican. He opposed the build up of a national Army, and while president he slashed the army and Navy’s spending funds, and cut their budget.
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Thomas Jefferson while doubling our territory did not handle the war of 1812 well and wasn’t a good president
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