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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.Sold farms to banks
  • C.Gave young men jobs planting trees and building parks
2.What were Hoovervilles?
  • A.New towns built by the government for factory owners
  • B.Camps of shacks built by people who had lost their homes
  • C.Hotels where the president stayed
3.Which president started the New Deal?
  • A.Herbert Hoover
  • B.Abraham Lincoln
  • C.Franklin D. Roosevelt
4.By 1933 about how many American workers had no job?
  • A.Almost none
  • B.About one in four
  • C.About one in a hundred
5.Why did thousands of banks fail in the early 1930s?
  • A.The government closed every bank forever
  • B.People rushed to take out their savings, and many loans were never repaid
  • C.Banks had too much money to store
6.When did the Great Depression finally end?
  • A.In 1930, one year after the crash
  • B.In 1960
  • C.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
7.What did the Social Security Act of 1935 create?
  • A.The national park system
  • B.Free cars for families
  • C.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
8.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

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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.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  4. 4.About one in four
  5. 5.People rushed to take out their savings, and many loans were never repaid
  6. 6.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
  7. 7.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
  8. 8.The stock market crash

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