Americans are asked to draw the U.S.

some people get about halfway done with the US and give up.

others apparently believe alaska is the largest of the hawaiin islands, and that maine is bigger than florida.

some people are just like, ef it

some people didnt understand the assignment

asking a 4 year old to draw a map garnered charming results.

and this one was done by a mom with a Ph.D who should probably give it back

this canadian girl thought she could casually move Michigan, the Great Lakes, and part of Wisconsin onto her home turf and no one would notice.

"All of this is Nebraska."  That's true, actually.

"Am I missing any other state?" Nahh girl, you got this.

Good thing he didn't forget America's most famous state: the Four Corners!

Ok, not quite.

thanksfully not all of us are dummies.

...but some of us shouldn't have been allowed to graduate from middle school.

#7 Underground Railroad

Being caught in a slave state while aiding runaways was much more dangerous than in the North; punishments included prison, whipping, or even hanging—assuming that the accused made it to court alive instead of perishing at the hands of an outraged mob. White men caught helping slaves to escape received harsher punishments than white women, but both could expect jail time at the very least. The harshest punishments—dozens of lashes with a whip, burning or hanging—were reserved for any blacks caught in the act of aiding fugitives.

Practice

“To ugly ducklings everywhere,
Don't worry about those fluffy yellow morons:
They'll never get to be swans” 

#11. Underground Railroad

Since the 1980s, claims have arisen that quilt designs were used to signal and direct slaves to escape routes and assistance. According to advocates of the quilt theory, there were ten quilt patterns that were used to direct slaves to take particular actions. The quilts were placed one at a time on a fence as a means of nonverbal communication to alert escaping slaves. The code had a dual meaning: first to signal slaves to prepare to escape and second to give clues and indicate directions on the journey.

There were also songs, such as "Steal Away" or "Follow the Drinking Gourd", that contained coded information and helped individuals navigate the railroad.

#10 Underground Railroad

Members of The Underground Railroad often used specific terms, based on the metaphor of the railway. For example:

• People who helped slaves find the railroad were "agents" (or "shepherds")
• Guides were known as "conductors"
• Free or escaped blacks, sometimes whites, that helped guide fugitives were "abductors"
• Hiding places were "stations"
• "Station masters" hid slaves in their homes
• Escaped slaves were referred to as "passengers" or "cargo"
• Slaves would obtain a "ticket"

#9. Underground Railroad

The fugitives would move at night. They would generally travel between 10 and 20 miles to the next station, where they would rest and eat, hiding in barns and other out-of-the-way places. While they waited, a message would be sent to the next station to alert its stationmaster. 

The fugitives would also travel by train and boat -- conveyances that sometimes had to be paid for. Money was also needed to improve the appearance of the runaways -- a black man, woman, or child in tattered clothes would invariably attract suspicious eyes. This money was donated by individuals and also raised by various groups, including vigilance committees.

#8. Underground Railroad

In Northern states bordering on the Ohio River, a "reverse Underground Railroad" sprang up. Black men and women, whether or not they had ever been slaves, were sometimes kidnapped in those states and hidden in homes, barns or other buildings until they could be taken into the South and sold as slaves.