1. It would end the era of merchants buying goods according to one unit, selling in another and pocketing the ill-gotten profit.
2. As the rest of the world adopted the metric system, the United States continued to bumble
around with unwieldy imperial units.
3. This country could have gone metric right from the beginning, instead of being dragged into the
system kicking and screaming.
4. A shared system of measurement would promote trade between the two nations and serve as a
slap in the face to the British, who were still fumbling about with feet and furlongs.
Which two sentences taken together provide the BEST evidence to support the idea that adopting the metric system would
have benefitted the U. S. in the 18th century?
a
Ob
3 and 4
2 and 4
1 and 2
Oc
d
1 and 3

- "the past is made of multitudinous items ranging from anything that can be collected, recollected or assessed to originate in the past. as such, the past is a gallimaufry of particulars that may not have been related in any way. however, the human mind seeks organization to understand concepts and other things. the human mind therefore seeks relationships in explaining and studying the past. history being a humanity, dictates that historians have to serve this human trait by bringing structure to details of the past. historians do this by creating interpretive frameworks that capture as many details as possible."

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after the roman empire, the catholic church began to unify by taking on many duties of a government.

1. where does the energy of a nuclear power plant come from?

d) political bosses should not hold office

democracy

explanation: