Dirty Thirties
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The Dirty Thirties refers to the devastating period of severe dust storms and agricultural collapse in the 1930s that ravaged the Great Plains of the United States and Canada during the Great Depression.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agricultural crisis
ⓘ
environmental disaster ⓘ historical period ⓘ |
| affectedArea |
Alberta
ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ Kansas ⓘ Manitoba ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Saskatchewan ⓘ Texas Panhandle ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Dust Bowl
ⓘ
surface form:
Dust Bowl era
|
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalImpact |
influence on American folk music
ⓘ
inspiration for Dust Bowl literature ⓘ |
| demographicImpact |
displacement of farm families
ⓘ
migration to California ⓘ |
| describes | combined environmental and economic hardship in the Great Plains during the 1930s ⓘ |
| effect |
crop failure
ⓘ
farm foreclosures ⓘ livestock death ⓘ mass migration ⓘ respiratory health problems ⓘ rural poverty ⓘ soil erosion ⓘ |
| endTime | 1939 ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
agricultural history
ⓘ
economic history ⓘ environmental history ⓘ |
| hasCause |
economic conditions of the Great Depression
ⓘ
overplowing of grasslands ⓘ poor soil conservation practices ⓘ severe drought ⓘ |
| hasPart | Dust Bowl ⓘ |
| language | English term ⓘ |
| mainRegion |
Western Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Prairies
Great Plains ⓘ |
| mainTypeOfStorm | dust storm ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Dust Bowl
ⓘ
surface form:
Black Sunday dust storm
|
| notableEventDate | 1935-04-14 ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Depression ⓘ |
| prompted |
agricultural policy reforms in Canada
ⓘ
creation of the Soil Conservation Service ⓘ soil conservation legislation in the United States ⓘ |
| startTime | 1930 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
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