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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.During the Depression, prices fell year after year. What is this called?
  • A.Deflation
  • B.Profit
  • C.Inflation
2.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
3.By 1933 about how many American workers had no job?
  • A.About one in four
  • B.About one in a hundred
  • C.Almost none
4.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
5.What did the FDIC, created in 1933, do for savers?
  • A.Paid people to stop saving
  • B.Insured bank deposits so savers would not lose their money
  • C.Closed banks that made loans
6.What did the Social Security Act of 1935 create?
  • A.Free cars for families
  • B.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
  • C.The national park system
7.Which president started the New Deal?
  • A.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • B.Herbert Hoover
  • C.Abraham Lincoln
8.When many people lose their jobs, why do stores sell less?
  • A.Stores have nothing left to sell
  • B.Prices always rise when jobs are lost
  • C.People have less money to spend

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Answer key — The Great Depression

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  1. 1.Deflation
  2. 2.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
  3. 3.About one in four
  4. 4.People rushed to take out their savings, and many loans were never repaid
  5. 5.Insured bank deposits so savers would not lose their money
  6. 6.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
  7. 7.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  8. 8.People have less money to spend

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