Dust Bowl
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The Dust Bowl was a devastating 1930s environmental disaster on the North American Great Plains, where severe drought and poor farming practices caused massive dust storms, crop failures, and widespread displacement of farming communities.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6929 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Dust Bowl Context triple: [Great Depression, hasKeyEvent, Dust Bowl]
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Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic downturn during the 1930s that led to massive unemployment, bank failures, and profound social and political change.
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Cottonopolis
Cottonopolis is a historical nickname for Manchester, England, reflecting its prominence as a major center of the cotton and textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
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Great Chicago Fire of 1871
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was a catastrophic urban conflagration that destroyed much of Chicago, killed hundreds, left thousands homeless, and spurred major changes in building codes and city planning.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a New Deal work relief program that provided jobs to young men during the Great Depression through conservation and public lands projects across the United States.
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New Deal
The New Deal was a series of ambitious economic and social programs in the United States during the 1930s that expanded the federal government's role in response to the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Dust Bowl Target entity description: The Dust Bowl was a devastating 1930s environmental disaster on the North American Great Plains, where severe drought and poor farming practices caused massive dust storms, crop failures, and widespread displacement of farming communities.
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A.
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic downturn during the 1930s that led to massive unemployment, bank failures, and profound social and political change.
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B.
Cottonopolis
Cottonopolis is a historical nickname for Manchester, England, reflecting its prominence as a major center of the cotton and textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
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C.
Great Chicago Fire of 1871
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was a catastrophic urban conflagration that destroyed much of Chicago, killed hundreds, left thousands homeless, and spurred major changes in building codes and city planning.
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D.
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a New Deal work relief program that provided jobs to young men during the Great Depression through conservation and public lands projects across the United States.
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E.
Homestead Strike
The Homestead Strike was an 1892 industrial labor conflict at Andrew Carnegie’s steel plant in Homestead, Pennsylvania, that became one of the most violent and significant clashes between workers and management in U.S. labor history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drought
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dust storm disaster ⓘ environmental disaster ⓘ historical event ⓘ |
| affects |
agriculture
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farmers ⓘ livestock ⓘ rural communities ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Farm Security Administration photographers ⓘ |
| documentedIn | The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ |
| followedBy | implementation of soil conservation programs ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Dirty Thirties ⓘ |
| hasCause |
high winds
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overgrazing ⓘ overplowing of prairie grasslands ⓘ poor farming practices ⓘ severe drought ⓘ soil erosion ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
crop failures
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dust pneumonia ⓘ economic hardship ⓘ farm foreclosures ⓘ internal migration in the United States ⓘ massive dust storms ⓘ public health problems ⓘ soil degradation ⓘ widespread displacement of farming communities ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | late 1930s ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Canada
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Great Plains ⓘ North America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| hasNotableEvent | Black Sunday ⓘ |
| hasNotableEventDate | April 14, 1935 ⓘ |
| hasPeakPeriod |
1934
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1935 ⓘ 1936 ⓘ |
| hasResponse |
New Deal relief programs for farmers
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creation of the Soil Conservation Service ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | early 1930s ⓘ |
| influences |
New Deal
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surface form:
New Deal agricultural policy
Soil conservation policy in the United States ⓘ |
| occursIn |
Alberta
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Colorado ⓘ Kansas ⓘ Manitoba ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Saskatchewan ⓘ South Dakota ⓘ Texas ⓘ
surface form:
Texas Panhandle
Wyoming ⓘ |
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Subject: Dust Bowl Description of subject: The Dust Bowl was a devastating 1930s environmental disaster on the North American Great Plains, where severe drought and poor farming practices caused massive dust storms, crop failures, and widespread displacement of farming communities.
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