So funny. At some point we do cover that Germany and Italy were a bunch of little states that unify, but I couldn't tell you when and it's definitely treated as more 'this is background information on why they're so fucked up' rather than anything relevant.

I hear the British only learn about the American Civil War as relevant to the Egyptian cotton trade and the Suez. Naturally, the Civil War and Reconstruction tend to eat up a good couple of months in an American classroom.