What was one reason that the Great Depression spread quickly from the United States to other nations?

A. The United States had been forced to give up its investments in Latin America. B. The United States tried to collect on war debts owed by France and England.

C. The Soviet Union had cut off all trade with the West.

D. Lower tariffs had hurt American trade.

The correct answer is B. The United States tried to collect on war debts owed by France and England. The United States had emerged from World War as a major creditor of postwar France and England whose national economies had been greatly weakened by the war itself. As a result, the recall of the loans by the U. S when its economy slumped, threw whole national economies into recession.