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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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Circle the best answer.

1.By 1933 about how many American workers had no job?
  • A.About one in a hundred
  • B.About one in four
  • C.Almost none
2.What was the Dust Bowl?
  • A.Years of drought and dust storms on the southern Great Plains
  • B.A program that paid farmers to plant more wheat
  • C.A flood along the Mississippi
3.Which president started the New Deal?
  • A.Abraham Lincoln
  • B.Herbert Hoover
  • C.Franklin D. Roosevelt
4.When many people lose their jobs, why do stores sell less?
  • A.People have less money to spend
  • B.Prices always rise when jobs are lost
  • C.Stores have nothing left to sell
5.When did the Great Depression finally end?
  • A.In 1960
  • B.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
  • C.In 1930, one year after the crash
6.What did the Social Security Act of 1935 create?
  • A.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
  • B.The national park system
  • C.Free cars for families
7.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
8.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

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Answer key — The Great Depression

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  1. 1.About one in four
  2. 2.Years of drought and dust storms on the southern Great Plains
  3. 3.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  4. 4.People have less money to spend
  5. 5.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
  6. 6.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
  7. 7.Gave young men jobs planting trees and building parks
  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.