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

Oop

ummm? is that supposed to be a question or a but this is a reason he won re-election

explanation:

"despite progress in the war, lincoln and most political pundits were convinced that he would lose his bid for reelection in 1864. the country was war weary and the democratic party's nominee, george mcclellan, was likely to negotiate a peace treaty with the confederacy if elected." - loc.gov

both are true, the congress does have the power to create banks, even if this power is not specifically described in the constitution, since there is nothing restricting it and there is power given to the congress to make "all laws which shall be necessary and proper". maryland was not allowed to tax a branch of the national bank operating there, and the supreme court decided that no state could. both of these topics were discussed in a decision of the mcculloch v. maryland case in 1819.