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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.By 1933 about how many American workers had no job?
  • A.About one in a hundred
  • B.Almost none
  • C.About one in four
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 event in October 1929 helped start the Great Depression?
  • A.The end of the Dust Bowl
  • B.The stock market crash
  • C.The United States entering World War II
4.During the Depression, prices fell year after year. What is this called?
  • A.Inflation
  • B.Profit
  • C.Deflation
5.When did the Great Depression finally end?
  • A.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
  • B.In 1930, one year after the crash
  • C.In 1960
6.Why did thousands of banks fail in the early 1930s?
  • A.Banks had too much money to store
  • B.People rushed to take out their savings, and many loans were never repaid
  • C.The government closed every bank forever
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.What was the Dust Bowl?
  • A.Years of drought and dust storms on the southern Great Plains
  • B.A program that paid farmers to plant more wheat
  • C.A flood along the Mississippi

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Answer key — The Great Depression

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.About one in four
  2. 2.People have less money to spend
  3. 3.The stock market crash
  4. 4.Deflation
  5. 5.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
  6. 6.People rushed to take out their savings, and many loans were never repaid
  7. 7.Insured bank deposits so savers would not lose their money
  8. 8.Years of drought and dust storms on the southern Great Plains

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