Yeah, what Shannon said is a good point too - I think in every state, at least in my experience, there's at least one year of specific state history. And I think this sort of thing holds true all over the world as far as learning history! My German friend Lana (who may pop into this thread to tell you more about it herself!) and I have talked a bit about how differently we learned about WWII in school. I think it's always going to be colored by where you live and how whatever event it is affected your area. So the Civil War, which you initially asked about, might not have made a big appearance in most non-American world history classes just because while it did have a minor impact on some other countries there's so much to learn in world history and not enough time to do it! Whereas to Americans, it's a big part of the formation of our country.
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