Metric System by Faith Doyle https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1 Should the US adopt the metric system? en-us 2017-08-16 14:57:16 UTC 2017-08-17 15:03:59 UTC hello@padlet.com fdoyle3 https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181272167 "His call was not universally embraced. Labeling it "the worst idea" of the campaign..." (Applebaum 2)]]> 2017-08-16 15:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181272167 "Much of the world started moving to the metric system in the late 19th century. You've written that the United States didn't follow because of a 'humble screw thread'..." (Applebaum 2) fdoyle3 https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181273296 2017-08-16 15:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181273296 The US has already based our entire system on US measurements. fdoyle3 https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181274702 2017-08-16 15:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181274702 "...and their concerns, while self interested, were not entirely off base" (Mihm) fdoyle3 https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181274925 2017-08-16 15:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181274925 The US is already beginning to slowly begin using the metric system, such as in rulers. fdoyle3 https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181275247 2017-08-16 15:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181275247 "If histroy is any guide, government fiats don't work when it comes to weights and measures" (Mihm) fdoyle3 https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181275842 2017-08-16 15:17:57 UTC https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181275842 Adopting the metric system would make communication and trade with other countries easier. fdoyle3 https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181276508 2017-08-16 15:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181276508 "...much of the opposition from the 1870s onward came from the manufacturers of high-end machine tools. They had based their entire system—which encompassed everything from lathe machines to devices for cutting screw threads—on the inch. " (Mihm) fdoyle3 https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181451630 2017-08-17 14:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181451630 retooling machinery to fit the metric system is expensive fdoyle3 https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181452375 2017-08-17 14:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181452375 "...the inch was divided in ways that made sense to the mechanics and machinists of the era: it was built around "2s" rather than "10s," with each inch subdivided in half and in half again—and so forth" (Mihm) fdoyle3 https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181452588 2017-08-17 14:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181452588 "National pride is at stake. The adoption of another country's weights and measures—or in the case of the metric system, the rest of the world's weights and measures—seems an infringement on national sovereignty" (Mihm) fdoyle3 https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181453086 2017-08-17 14:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181453086 the economic benefits of changing to the metric system are argued to outweigh the cost fdoyle3 https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181453894 2017-08-17 14:59:21 UTC https://padlet.com/fdoyle3/rznfivok8ul1/wish/181453894