Answer:
The biggest reasons the U.S. hasn't adopted the metric system are simply time and money. When the Industrial Revolution began in the country, expensive manufacturing plants became a main source of American jobs and consumer products.
Explanation:
Not repeating!!!!!!!
(I forgot if I responded to this...so.)
I guess that at the 19th century, prisons were being built for the sole purpose of housing inmates. They were intended to deter people from committing crimes.