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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 were Hoovervilles?
  • A.New towns built by the government for factory owners
  • B.Hotels where the president stayed
  • C.Camps of shacks built by people who had lost their homes
2.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
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.What event in October 1929 helped start the Great Depression?
  • A.The end of the Dust Bowl
  • B.The stock market crash
  • C.The United States entering World War II
5.During the Depression, prices fell year after year. What is this called?
  • A.Inflation
  • B.Profit
  • C.Deflation
6.What was the Dust Bowl?
  • A.A flood along the Mississippi
  • B.A program that paid farmers to plant more wheat
  • C.Years of drought and dust storms on the southern Great Plains
7.By 1933 about how many American workers had no job?
  • A.Almost none
  • B.About one in a hundred
  • C.About one in four
8.When many people lose their jobs, why do stores sell less?
  • A.Prices always rise when jobs are lost
  • B.People have less money to spend
  • C.Stores have nothing left to sell

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Answer key — The Great Depression

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Camps of shacks built by people who had lost their homes
  2. 2.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
  3. 3.Gave young men jobs planting trees and building parks
  4. 4.The stock market crash
  5. 5.Deflation
  6. 6.Years of drought and dust storms on the southern Great Plains
  7. 7.About one in four
  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.