Statements (62)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:disaster_response
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gptkbp:caused_by |
loss of life
excessive rainfall |
gptkbp:caused_economic_loss |
over $400 million
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gptkbp:commemorated_by |
gptkb:memorials
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gptkbp:defeated |
gptkb:infrastructure
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Great Mississippi Flood
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gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:urban_planning
U. S. flood policy |
gptkbp:inspired |
gptkb:literature_and_art
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gptkbp:involved |
evacuations
levee failures |
gptkbp:involved_countries |
gptkb:Arkansas
gptkb:Louisiana gptkb:Tennessee gptkb:Mississippi |
gptkbp:is_affected_by |
gptkb:Mississippi_River_Basin
approximately 700,000 people |
gptkbp:is_analyzed_in |
geographers
historical studies sociological studies |
gptkbp:is_discussed_in |
gptkb:documentaries
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gptkbp:is_documented_in |
government agencies
historical documentaries government reports photographs and news articles |
gptkbp:is_one_of |
the most destructive floods in U. S. history
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gptkbp:is_studied_in |
gptkb:scientists
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gptkbp:led_to |
flood control measures
increased awareness of flood risks changes in river management practices creation of the Flood Control Act of 1928 establishment of the Mississippi River Commission |
gptkbp:notable_for |
its impact on local economies
its impact on communities its scale its impact on agriculture its role in shaping public policy its long-term effects on the region its humanitarian crisis its impact on civil rights movements its role in environmental awareness |
gptkbp:occurs_in |
gptkb:1927
April 1927 |
gptkbp:preceded_by |
gptkb:Great_Flood_of_1926
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gptkbp:prompted |
government intervention
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gptkbp:reported_by |
gptkb:historical_accounts
newspapers |
gptkbp:resulted_in |
displacement of thousands
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gptkbp:was_characterized_by |
extensive media coverage
widespread devastation |
gptkbp:was_followed_by |
gptkb:Great_Flood_of_1937
community rebuilding efforts flood relief efforts flood insurance programs increased federal funding for flood control increased research on flood prevention |
gptkbp:was_influenced_by |
climate conditions
geological factors |
gptkbp:was_part_of |
the 1920s flood events
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Louisiana_1927
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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