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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 event in October 1929 helped start the Great Depression?
  • A.The end of the Dust Bowl
  • B.The United States entering World War II
  • C.The stock market crash
2.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
3.What did the Civilian Conservation Corps do?
  • A.Sold farms to banks
  • B.Built warships for World War I
  • C.Gave young men jobs planting trees and building parks
4.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
5.Which president started the New Deal?
  • A.Abraham Lincoln
  • B.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • C.Herbert Hoover
6.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
7.By 1933 about how many American workers had no job?
  • A.About one in a hundred
  • B.Almost none
  • C.About one in four
8.What did the Social Security Act of 1935 create?
  • A.The national park system
  • B.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
  • C.Free cars for families

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Answer key — The Great Depression

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  1. 1.The stock market crash
  2. 2.Insured bank deposits so savers would not lose their money
  3. 3.Gave young men jobs planting trees and building parks
  4. 4.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
  5. 5.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  6. 6.People rushed to take out their savings, and many loans were never repaid
  7. 7.About one in four
  8. 8.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working

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