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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 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.Which president started the New Deal?
  • A.Herbert Hoover
  • B.Abraham Lincoln
  • C.Franklin D. Roosevelt
3.By 1933 about how many American workers had no job?
  • A.About one in four
  • B.Almost none
  • C.About one in a hundred
4.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
5.What event in October 1929 helped start the Great Depression?
  • A.The United States entering World War II
  • B.The end of the Dust Bowl
  • C.The stock market crash
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.During the Depression, prices fell year after year. What is this called?
  • A.Profit
  • B.Inflation
  • C.Deflation
8.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

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Answer key — The Great Depression

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  1. 1.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
  2. 2.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  3. 3.About one in four
  4. 4.Insured bank deposits so savers would not lose their money
  5. 5.The stock market crash
  6. 6.Years of drought and dust storms on the southern Great Plains
  7. 7.Deflation
  8. 8.Camps of shacks built by people who had lost their homes

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