But by gum we sure do cover the civil war.
In US schools, American history consists of
Stuff that happened a long time ago
Nothing happens
Nothing happens
Revolutionary war (which we won, single handedly, all by ourselves)
nothing happens
nothing happens
CIVIL WAR (which we won single handedly against our selves)
CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WAR
Nothing happens
Nothing happens
Industrial revolution (but which one is not clear or what happened, just that the US was the bestest)
Nothing happens
WWI (just that we won it... single handedly..all by ourselves)
Nothing happens
Nothing happens
Great depression but not really getting into how or what really happened
Nothing happens
Nothing happens
Out of the clear, suddenly with no warning WWII (which really started in 1941) which we did win single handedly all by ourselves
Nothing happens
Nothing happens
time to graduate.
That's history in public schools when I went through.
So glad I cultivated an independent interest in history as a grub.