Great Depression in Alberta

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Alberta
gptkbp:affectedPopulation farmers
urban residents
gptkbp:cause global economic downturn
collapse of wheat prices
gptkbp:economicSectorAffected agriculture
banking
oil and gas
retail
gptkbp:effect bank failures
mass unemployment
farm foreclosures
widespread poverty
migration out of province
gptkbp:endDate 1939
gptkbp:governmentResponse public works programs
relief payments
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Depression in Alberta
gptkbp:location gptkb:Alberta
gptkbp:notableCase Debt Adjustment Act
Relief Act
Social Credit Act
gptkbp:notableEvent protests
school closures
droughts
relief camps
evictions
decline in birth rate
Dust Bowl conditions
On-to-Ottawa Trek
election of William Aberhart
food lines
grasshopper plagues
rise of Social Credit Party
gptkbp:notableFor 1935
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:United_Farmers_of_Alberta
gptkb:Co-operative_Commonwealth_Federation
gptkb:Social_Credit_Party
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:John_E._Brownlee
gptkb:William_Aberhart
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Calgary
gptkb:Edmonton
gptkb:Palliser's_Triangle
rural Alberta
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Great_Depression
gptkbp:startDate 1929
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:History_of_Alberta
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6