[PLMerite]

My high school history teacher covered WWII like this, word for word: “From 1939-1945 there was a war. We won.” I don’t remember what he said about WWI, if anything.

[KarlInOhio]

Based on time spent on it in my high school history class, the most important event in American history was the 1848 Seneca Falls convention for women's rights.

My favorite exqmple of coming up short on American history was on the Simpsons. The bell rang ending the last day of class and the kids ran for the door. The teacher shouted at the to stop telling them they hadn't covered World War II. The kids stopped and looked back, the teacher flipped through the book and triumphantly said "we won". The kids then ran out of the school chanting "USA! USA!"