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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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Circle the best answer.

1.When did the Great Depression finally end?
  • A.In 1930, one year after the crash
  • B.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
  • C.In 1960
2.What did the FDIC, created in 1933, do for savers?
  • A.Insured bank deposits so savers would not lose their money
  • B.Paid people to stop saving
  • C.Closed banks that made loans
3.What was the Dust Bowl?
  • A.A program that paid farmers to plant more wheat
  • B.A flood along the Mississippi
  • C.Years of drought and dust storms on the southern Great Plains
4.Which president started the New Deal?
  • A.Abraham Lincoln
  • B.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • C.Herbert Hoover
5.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
6.What did the Civilian Conservation Corps do?
  • A.Built warships for World War I
  • B.Sold farms to banks
  • C.Gave young men jobs planting trees and building parks
7.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
8.During the Depression, prices fell year after year. What is this called?
  • A.Profit
  • B.Deflation
  • C.Inflation

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Answer key — The Great Depression

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
  2. 2.Insured bank deposits so savers would not lose their money
  3. 3.Years of drought and dust storms on the southern Great Plains
  4. 4.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  5. 5.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
  6. 6.Gave young men jobs planting trees and building parks
  7. 7.The stock market crash
  8. 8.Deflation

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