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Probably not
It's a fair list, but the two most prominent issues are Columbus-era history and Civil War history. Oh, and the Native Americans totally had nothing to do with the Revolutionary War or any other notable event in American history
You cannot be from the South (right? I may have forgotten something). Down here, at least, some (most) schools will 100% lie to you.
Edit: sorry on rereading that I realize it sounded a little aggressive, it was not meant as such.
Vie (I'm assuming) sounds a lot like why if you replace w with v (which a lot of Germans do, since that's how w is pronounced in German)
Idk about the soup...