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*The idea of a blood bank was pioneered by Dr. Charles Richard Drew (1904-1950). Dr. Drew was an American medical doctor and surgeon.
*The idea of a blood bank was pioneered by Dr. Charles Richard Drew (1904-1950). Dr. Drew was an American medical doctor and surgeon.
*George Washington Carver (1865?-1943) was an American scientist, educator, humanitarian, and former slave. Carver developed hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans; his discoveries greatly improved the agricultural output and the health of Southern farmers. Before this, the only main crop in the South was cotton. The products that Carver invented included a rubber substitute, adhesives, foodstuffs, dyes, pigments, and many other products. </small>
*George Washington Carver (1865?-1943) was an American scientist, educator, humanitarian, and former slave. Carver developed hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans; his discoveries greatly improved the agricultural output and the health of Southern farmers. Before this, the only main crop in the South was cotton. The products that Carver invented included a rubber substitute, adhesives, foodstuffs, dyes, pigments, and many other products. </small>
I wouldn't say that the USA has come up with most of the worlds standards, although over the last 100 years it has probably come up with the most of any one country. Just a few examples of important systems and standards created by non-americans:
The Magna Carta, the foundation of many of the worlds legal systems, including that of the USA
The Industrial revolution was started in the UK, and has since revolutionised the way we all live
Penicillin was invented by Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming
Democracy in its many forms origionated from Europe
The Haber process for synthesising ammonia was invented by Fritz Haber, a German Scientist.
The modern car was invented by Karl Benz, a German Engineer
Our numerical system originated from India
The Metric systems of measurement were invented by Gabriel Mouton, a French clergyman and Scientist
The Imperial system of measurment used by the USA originates from England
The English language
The countless mathematical and scientific discoveries that have originated from the Islamic world.
There are many more, and we could both if we tried come up with almost infinate lists of systems, standards and inventions to back up one side or the other. The politics of each country has its own culture and standards that stand apart from any other, although they undoubtably influence one another. Conservative movements within each have their own core principles based on protecting what is seen as that countries culture and institutions, which is why a conservative in Britain would be in favor of the NHS while a conservative in the USA would see such an institution as abhorrent. What it is to be a conservative is not transferable between political cultures, it is different from ideologies such as communism where the movement is striving for the same goals almost wherever you find it.
I will try and come up with a wording for the first paragraph that fits both cultures, although i'm not sure how without making it very awkward to read.
--[[User:Smottram101|Smottram101]] 20:26, 7 April 2010 (EDT)