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The Great Depression is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on the Great Depression as unemployment and falling prices, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.11.3-5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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The Great Depression

D2.Eco.11.3-5

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1.What did the FDIC, created in 1933, do for savers?
  • A.Closed banks that made loans
  • B.Insured bank deposits so savers would not lose their money
  • C.Paid people to stop saving
2.When many people lose their jobs, why do stores sell less?
  • A.Stores have nothing left to sell
  • B.People have less money to spend
  • C.Prices always rise when jobs are lost
3.What were Hoovervilles?
  • A.Camps of shacks built by people who had lost their homes
  • B.New towns built by the government for factory owners
  • C.Hotels where the president stayed
4.Which president started the New Deal?
  • A.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • B.Abraham Lincoln
  • C.Herbert Hoover
5.What event in October 1929 helped start the Great Depression?
  • A.The stock market crash
  • B.The United States entering World War II
  • C.The end of the Dust Bowl
6.When did the Great Depression finally end?
  • A.In 1960
  • B.In 1930, one year after the crash
  • C.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
7.During the Depression, prices fell year after year. What is this called?
  • A.Inflation
  • B.Profit
  • C.Deflation
8.What did the Civilian Conservation Corps do?
  • A.Gave young men jobs planting trees and building parks
  • B.Sold farms to banks
  • C.Built warships for World War I

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Answer key — The Great Depression

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  1. 1.Insured bank deposits so savers would not lose their money
  2. 2.People have less money to spend
  3. 3.Camps of shacks built by people who had lost their homes
  4. 4.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  5. 5.The stock market crash
  6. 6.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
  7. 7.Deflation
  8. 8.Gave young men jobs planting trees and building parks

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.11.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.