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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 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
2.What were Hoovervilles?
  • A.New towns built by the government for factory owners
  • B.Hotels where the president stayed
  • C.Camps of shacks built by people who had lost their homes
3.What did the Social Security Act of 1935 create?
  • A.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
  • B.The national park system
  • C.Free cars for families
4.By 1933 about how many American workers had no job?
  • A.Almost none
  • B.About one in a hundred
  • C.About one in four
5.During the Depression, prices fell year after year. What is this called?
  • A.Deflation
  • B.Inflation
  • C.Profit
6.When many people lose their jobs, why do stores sell less?
  • A.People have less money to spend
  • B.Stores have nothing left to sell
  • C.Prices always rise when jobs are lost
7.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
8.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

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Answer key — The Great Depression

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  1. 1.Gave young men jobs planting trees and building parks
  2. 2.Camps of shacks built by people who had lost their homes
  3. 3.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
  4. 4.About one in four
  5. 5.Deflation
  6. 6.People have less money to spend
  7. 7.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
  8. 8.People rushed to take out their savings, and many loans were never repaid

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