Hah! Good question. Lack of leadership no doubt. This was NOT one of those things that should be decided by consensus or a vote. Having leadership that just commanded it would have been nearly painless. Instead schools spend their time doing conversions. How many ounces in a kilogram....cheeeeeeze.... The official US system of measurement has been METRIC since 1866. Now the US has to begin using it.
In the United States, the decision to adopt the metric system was made by the federal government with the passage of the Metric Conversion Act in 1975. This act declared the metric system as the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce.
The U.S. first opposed the metric system in the 19th century when Congress passed the Metric Act of 1866, which allowed but did not require the use of the metric system. Since then, the U.S. has been slow to fully adopt the metric system for everyday use, despite efforts to encourage its use in certain industries.
The US does not use the metric system.
There isn't a separate US metric system, the metric system is international and the same everywhere. So one kilometre in the U.S.A. is one kilometre.
The unit of length, meters, belongs to both the US Customary System and the metric system.
In the United States, the decision to adopt the metric system was made by the federal government with the passage of the Metric Conversion Act in 1975. This act declared the metric system as the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce.
The U.S. first opposed the metric system in the 19th century when Congress passed the Metric Act of 1866, which allowed but did not require the use of the metric system. Since then, the U.S. has been slow to fully adopt the metric system for everyday use, despite efforts to encourage its use in certain industries.
It is to provide a simple and coherent system of measurement units which are agreed by all people. Unfortunately, the US, Burma and Liberia have failed to adopt it.
The US does not use the metric system.
There isn't a separate US metric system, the metric system is international and the same everywhere. So one kilometre in the U.S.A. is one kilometre.
metric system is for commies
The United States was the first country to adopt a federal system of government (although the word 'federal' never appears in the U.S. Constitution).
The unit of length, meters, belongs to both the US Customary System and the metric system.
The Metric System.
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The US has not converted to the Metric System yet. We are still using the English Customary.