Explore FDR's New Deal Policies & their Impact on US Government: 60 Chars

 During the 1930s to the early 1970s, the United States government discussed highly controversial liberal policies. When Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected the thirty-second president of the United States in 1933, democratic polices began flourishing through the government. Before his presidency, the nation was in the depths of the greatest economic disaster to strike … Read more

Improve Reasoning: Distinguish between Fallacy, Good Argument & Rationalization

 Hannah Rosenblum Dr. Renfroe 1B 9/27/17 Reason Essay TOK Prompt: How can beliefs affect our capacity to reason well and to recognize valid arguments? Can they affect a person’s capacity to distinguish between fallacy, good argument and rationalization? What is the difference between a rational argument and a rationalization? Reason is the way in … Read more

Good Neighbor Policy: FDR's Mission For a Peaceful US-Latin American Ties

 The Good Neighbor Policy (GNP), according to American Historical Association, is dedicated to the idea that nations shouldn’t intervene with one another instead they should respect and help each other and keep peaceful relations with each other. The purpose of the policy was to mend the relations with Latin Americans countries after the incident … Read more

Reconcile Evidence of Free Choice w/ Physics of Causal Closure: "Max Velmans' Complementary Perspectives on Consciousness

 But, how can one reconcile the evidence that conscious experiences such as “free choice” are causally effective with the principle that the physical world is causally closed? One method suggested by Max Velmans is to accept that for each individual there is one "mental life" but two ways of knowing it: the subjective experience … Read more

Unravelling the Impact of Strategic Bombing: Exploring America's Military Operations in Europe During WW2

 Essay Question 1:  Explain the nature of American improvement in the conduct of military operations in Europe. At the beginning of the second World War, America was somewhat of a fledgling military power.  America had plenty of industrial might but that industry was being used to improve infrastructure and enhance the everyday lives of … Read more

Bear Farming is a serious problem when it comes to their mistreatment and it is hard to know what the proper ways are to deal with the situation.

 In this paper, I will try to shed some insight on what bear farming is and the type of welfare problems these bears used for this practice endure. I will first start off by giving a little history of what bear is and what actually is done in these so-called bear farms.  To start … Read more

The Story of How the Klondike Gold Rush Changed Seattle’s Future

Historical Article “GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! GOLD!” the headline of July17, 1897 read. “Sixty-Eight Rich Men on the Steamer Portland. STACKS OF YELLOW METAL!” (Klondike Gold Rush Historic Resource Study). This would prove to be one of the most enduring images in Seattle’s history, contributing to the city identity. The Klondike gold rush began when two … Read more

Detecting Plant-soil Feedback: the effect of native and invasive species.

 The effects of soil-plant feedback among native and invasive species Plants alters soil physical and chemical properties as well to microbial communities; the soil response to plants’ effect is called feedback. Plant-soil feedback can be negative, neutral or positive depending on the growth effect of the soil modified by the plant compared to unmodified … Read more