Great Mississippi Flood of 1927

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historical event natural disaster river flood

The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was one of the most destructive river floods in U.S. history, inundating vast areas along the Mississippi River, displacing hundreds of thousands of people, and reshaping American flood control policy and race relations in the South.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ natural disaster ⓘ river flood ⓘ
aftermath	changes in land use in flood-prone areas ⓘ construction of expanded levee systems ⓘ creation of spillways and floodways along the Mississippi River ⓘ resettlement of displaced populations ⓘ
areaFlooded	approximately 27,000 square miles ⓘ
cause	levee failures ⓘ prolonged heavy rainfall in Mississippi River basin ⓘ saturated soils and swollen tributaries ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
deaths	hundreds of people ⓘ
displacedPeople	hundreds of thousands of people ⓘ over 600,000 people ⓘ
documentedIn	contemporary newspaper accounts ⓘ government reports on flood control ⓘ memoirs and oral histories of survivors ⓘ
economicDamage	hundreds of millions of 1927 U.S. dollars ⓘ over 1 billion 1927 U.S. dollars (estimated total losses) ⓘ
endTime	1927 ⓘ
floodType	riverine flood ⓘ
impact	changes in race relations in the American South ⓘ increased African American migration from the South ⓘ long-term economic hardship in the Lower Mississippi Valley ⓘ major humanitarian crisis ⓘ mass displacement of rural populations ⓘ political pressure for federal disaster relief ⓘ severe damage to agricultural production ⓘ strengthening of federal role in flood control ⓘ widespread destruction of homes and farms ⓘ
influenced	development of comprehensive Mississippi River flood control plan ⓘ expansion of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control responsibilities ⓘ federal disaster relief policy ⓘ
legislativeConsequence	Flood Control Act of 1928 NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Arkansas Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ Illinois ⓘ Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Mississippi Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainRiver	Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAspect	became a catalyst for political activism among African Americans ⓘ exposed racial inequalities in relief and recovery efforts ⓘ influenced cultural memory and blues music of the Mississippi Delta ⓘ led to forced labor and abuses in some relief camps for African Americans ⓘ one of the most destructive river floods in U.S. history ⓘ
partOf	history of natural disasters in the United States ⓘ history of the Mississippi River ⓘ
precededBy	regional flooding in late 1926 ⓘ
significantDate	April 1927 ⓘ May 1927 ⓘ
startTime	1926 ⓘ
statesAffected	7 U.S. states ⓘ

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Louisiana 1927 → theme → Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 ⓘ

Louisiana 1927 → associatedEvent → Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 ⓘ