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  My oldest got up to the Civil War over and over and over again. He was super excited to be able to choose a history class that covered a different time period in college.
context: At my school, American history is where I learned about these things. >
  
  Learned about it in the way that native Americans were the “bad guys” >
  
  You obviously didn’t pay attention in school… >
  
  I did, just when i was in grade school they taught it in the way that it sounded like Christopher Columbus was a better person than he was and the Natives were the “bad guys”. >
  
  Unless school has changed all of that was taught in the same classes when I was young. >
  
  There are only so many hours in a school day but libraries worth of history >
  
  Sadly, a large portion of what is taught outside of regular history is just not that noteworthy. It shouldn't be surprising that people who had limited opportunities to make history didn't make much noteworthy history, but that doesn't fit the desired narrative that people want to hear today. >
  
  Pretty much when I was a student back in the Stone Age, we generally only got as far as the Reconstruction period. Some ambitious teachers made it to the Great Depression, and it was comprised mostly of the broad strokes and general ideas of all the preceding events. So, you're right, it would be very difficult to cover figures much below American presidents.