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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.Why did thousands of banks fail in the early 1930s?
  • A.People rushed to take out their savings, and many loans were never repaid
  • B.Banks had too much money to store
  • C.The government closed every bank forever
2.When did the Great Depression finally end?
  • A.In 1930, one year after the crash
  • B.In 1960
  • C.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
3.What was the Dust Bowl?
  • A.A program that paid farmers to plant more wheat
  • B.Years of drought and dust storms on the southern Great Plains
  • C.A flood along the Mississippi
4.What event in October 1929 helped start the Great Depression?
  • A.The United States entering World War II
  • B.The stock market crash
  • C.The end of the Dust Bowl
5.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
6.Which president started the New Deal?
  • A.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • B.Abraham Lincoln
  • C.Herbert Hoover
7.What did the Social Security Act of 1935 create?
  • A.The national park system
  • B.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
  • C.Free cars for families
8.During the Depression, prices fell year after year. What is this called?
  • A.Deflation
  • B.Inflation
  • C.Profit

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Answer key — The Great Depression

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.People rushed to take out their savings, and many loans were never repaid
  2. 2.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
  3. 3.Years of drought and dust storms on the southern Great Plains
  4. 4.The stock market crash
  5. 5.Gave young men jobs planting trees and building parks
  6. 6.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  7. 7.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
  8. 8.Deflation

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