Examples of Big Three in the following topics:
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- Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, known as the "Big Three," developed a plan of action for Allies in a series of informal meetings and official conferences.
- The "Big Three" (Franklin D.
- A separate protocol signed at the conference pledged the Big Three to recognize Iran's independence.
- The Big Three met again major war conference in Yalta (sometimes called the Crimea Conference), held from February 4 to 11, 1945.
- From July 17 to August 2, 1945, the three major Allied powers met in Potsdam, occupied Germany.
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- The Tehran Conference was the first of the World War II conferences held between all of the "Big Three" Allied leaders, the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
- A separate protocol signed at the conference pledged the Big Three's recognition of Iran's independence.
- The "Big Three" spent days wrangling about when Operation Overlord should take place, who should command it, and where operations should begin.
- After the conference, it was agreed that military leaders of the three countries would meet together often, for further discussion.
- Summarize what was discussed between the "Big Three" at the Tehran Conference in 1943.
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- It was one of the three major wartime meetings of Allies Powers, together with the Tehran Conference in 1943 and the Potsdam Conference in July/August 1945.
- Stalin agreed that the Soviet Union would enter the Pacific War three months after the defeat of Germany.
- All three leaders ratified previous agreements about the post-war occupation zones for Germany:
there were to be three zones of occupation, one zone for each of the three dominant nations (France would later get a portion when the USA and Great Britain divided up parts of their zones and gave them to France).
- Also, the "Big Three" agreed that all original governments would be restored to the invaded countries (with the exception of France, Romania, and Bulgaria; the Polish government-in-exile was also excluded by Stalin) and that all civilians would be repatriated.
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- One of the exceptions was Duke Ellington and his big band,
who played several types of music from Blues to Gospel to Jazz and more.
- The most popular type of
radio show was a "potter palm," an amateur concert and Big-band Jazz
performance broadcast from New York and Chicago.
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the 1930s, all of America's theaters were owned by the Big Five studios: MGM,
Paramount Pictures, RKO, Warner Bros., and 2oth Century Fox.
- The Marx Brothers also provided popular big screen laughs
with Monkey Business (1931), Horse Feathers (1932), and Duck Soup (1933).
- Beloved
Disney films of the 1930s included The Three Little Pigs (1933) and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).
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- The three most common levels of production were the "small time" (lower-paying contracts for more frequent performances in rougher, often converted theatres), the "medium time" (moderate wages for two performances each day in purpose-built theatres), and the "big time" (possible remuneration of several thousand dollars per week in large, urban theatres largely patronized by the middle and upper-middle classes).
- As performers rose in renown and established regional and national followings, they worked their way into the less arduous working conditions and better pay of the "big time".
- The capitol of the "big time" was New York City's Palace Theatre (or just "The Palace" in vaudevillian slang).
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- He was a dominant force in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as its candidate for President of the United States (1896, 1900 and 1908).
- In his three presidential bids, he promoted Free Silver in 1896, anti-imperialism in 1900, and trust-busting in 1908, calling on Democrats to fight the trusts (big corporations) and big banks, and embrace anti-elitist ideals of republicanism.
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- Roosevelt's big-stick diplomacy refers to negotiating peacefully with other nations while simultaneously displaying military might.
- The term "big-stick diplomacy" refers to President Theodore Roosevelt's corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, and is taken from his famous quote, "Speak softly, and carry a big stick."
- Roosevelt tied his policy to the Monroe Doctrine, and it was also consistent with his foreign policy included in his big-stick diplomacy.
- A cartoon depicting Roosevelt's big stick and naval muscle in Latin America.
- Describe Roosevelt's foreign policy and the meaning of the proverb, "Speak softly, and carry a big stick"
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- His policies reflected three basic ideas: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection.
- These three demands often are referred to as the "three Cs" of Roosevelt's Square Deal.
- Despite speaking in support of organized labor (to the further chagrin of big business), he endorsed the gold standard, protective tariffs, and lower taxes (much to the delight of big business).
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- In response, Dewey gave a blistering partisan speech in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma a few days later on national radio, in which he accused Roosevelt of being "indispensable" to corrupt big-city Democratic organizations and American Communists; he also referred to members of FDR's cabinet as a "motley crew. " However, American battlefield successes in Europe and the Pacific during the campaign, such as the liberation of Paris in August 1944 and the successful Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines in October 1944, made Roosevelt unbeatable.
- Dewey did better against Roosevelt than any of FDR's previous three Republican opponents, and he did have the personal satisfaction of beating Roosevelt in FDR's hometown of Hyde Park, New York, and of winning Vice President-elect Truman's hometown of Independence, Missouri.
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- Three practices were developed to accomplish this: the referendum, the initiative, and the recall.
- They promoted the idea of "One Big Union" in the hopes that one large, centralized body would be better equipped to deal with similarly large capitalist enterprises.