The Dust Bowl

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:disaster_response
gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:affectedStates gptkb:Colorado
gptkb:Kansas
gptkb:New_Mexico
gptkb:Oklahoma
gptkb:Texas
gptkbp:Black_Sunday_date April 14, 1935
gptkbp:cause poor agricultural practices
severe drought
gptkbp:documentary 2012
gptkbp:effect gptkb:migration
economic hardship
dust storms
crop failure
gptkbp:endDate 1936
gptkbp:estimatedMigrants over 2 million
gptkbp:governmentResponse gptkb:Soil_Conservation_Service
New Deal programs
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Dust Bowl
gptkbp:location gptkb:Great_Plains
gptkbp:migrationDestination gptkb:California
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Dirty_Thirties
gptkbp:notableBook gptkb:The_Grapes_of_Wrath
gptkb:The_Worst_Hard_Time
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Soil_Conservation_and_Domestic_Allotment_Act
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Timothy_Egan
gptkb:John_Steinbeck
gptkbp:notableDustStorm Black Sunday
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:The_Dust_Bowl_(Ken_Burns)
gptkbp:notableLegislationYear 1936
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Dorothea_Lange
gptkbp:notablePhotograph gptkb:Migrant_Mother
gptkbp:notableReliefAgency gptkb:Farm_Security_Administration
gptkb:Resettlement_Administration
gptkbp:notableSong gptkb:Dust_Bowl_Blues
gptkbp:notableSurvivor gptkb:Woody_Guthrie
gptkb:Caroline_Henderson
gptkb:Sanora_Babb
gptkbp:notableTownAbandoned gptkb:Boise_City,_Oklahoma
gptkb:Dallam_County,_Texas
gptkbp:peakProductionYear 1934
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Great_Depression
gptkbp:resultedIn changes in farming techniques
improved soil conservation
gptkbp:soilType loose topsoil
gptkbp:startDate 1930
gptkbp:windErosion major factor
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ken_Burns_documentary
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6