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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.Banks had too much money to store
  • B.The government closed every bank forever
  • C.People rushed to take out their savings, and many loans were never repaid
2.What did the Civilian Conservation Corps do?
  • A.Built warships for World War I
  • B.Gave young men jobs planting trees and building parks
  • C.Sold farms to banks
3.Which president started the New Deal?
  • A.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • B.Herbert Hoover
  • C.Abraham Lincoln
4.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
5.By 1933 about how many American workers had no job?
  • A.Almost none
  • B.About one in a hundred
  • C.About one in four
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.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
8.What did the Social Security Act of 1935 create?
  • A.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
  • B.Free cars for families
  • C.The national park system

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Answer key — The Great Depression

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  1. 1.People rushed to take out their savings, and many loans were never repaid
  2. 2.Gave young men jobs planting trees and building parks
  3. 3.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  4. 4.The stock market crash
  5. 5.About one in four
  6. 6.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
  7. 7.People have less money to spend
  8. 8.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working

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