What Factors led to the Great Depression, not just in America, but globally?

by DoctorFrostbite
Samuel_Gompers

The Great Depression mostly started in the United States; the first significant event of immediate causation to occur overseas was the collapse of the Creditanstalt in Austria in 1931. Either way, I have written a long post detailing the events from 1929 to 1932 which you can find here: "What caused the Great Depression to be so severe? What role could the federal reserve had, in preventing the full fledged depression?"