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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.When many people lose their jobs, why do stores sell less?
  • A.Stores have nothing left to sell
  • B.Prices always rise when jobs are lost
  • C.People have less money to spend
2.During the Depression, prices fell year after year. What is this called?
  • A.Deflation
  • B.Profit
  • C.Inflation
3.Why did thousands of banks fail in the early 1930s?
  • A.The government closed every bank forever
  • B.Banks had too much money to store
  • C.People rushed to take out their savings, and many loans were never repaid
4.What did the Civilian Conservation Corps do?
  • A.Sold farms to banks
  • B.Gave young men jobs planting trees and building parks
  • C.Built warships for World War I
5.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
6.What was the Dust Bowl?
  • A.A flood along the Mississippi
  • B.Years of drought and dust storms on the southern Great Plains
  • C.A program that paid farmers to plant more wheat
7.What did the FDIC, created in 1933, do for savers?
  • A.Paid people to stop saving
  • B.Closed banks that made loans
  • C.Insured bank deposits so savers would not lose their money
8.When did the Great Depression finally end?
  • A.In 1960
  • B.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
  • C.In 1930, one year after the crash

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Answer key — The Great Depression

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  1. 1.People have less money to spend
  2. 2.Deflation
  3. 3.People rushed to take out their savings, and many loans were never repaid
  4. 4.Gave young men jobs planting trees and building parks
  5. 5.Camps of shacks built by people who had lost their homes
  6. 6.Years of drought and dust storms on the southern Great Plains
  7. 7.Insured bank deposits so savers would not lose their money
  8. 8.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II

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