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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.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
2.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
3.When did the Great Depression finally end?
  • A.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
  • B.In 1930, one year after the crash
  • C.In 1960
4.What did the Social Security Act of 1935 create?
  • A.Free cars for families
  • B.The national park system
  • C.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
5.Which president started the New Deal?
  • A.Herbert Hoover
  • B.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • C.Abraham Lincoln
6.By 1933 about how many American workers had no job?
  • A.About one in a hundred
  • B.About one in four
  • C.Almost none
7.During the Depression, prices fell year after year. What is this called?
  • A.Inflation
  • B.Deflation
  • C.Profit
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.People rushed to take out their savings, and many loans were never repaid
  2. 2.The stock market crash
  3. 3.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
  4. 4.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
  5. 5.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  6. 6.About one in four
  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.