In October 1929, a stock market crash in the U.S. set in motion a chain of events that would consume the entire world in a global economic depression. Each of those events led to the Great Depression during the 1930s. In 1–2 sentences, assess the major consequences of the Great Depression and their impact on regional conflict during the 1930s
The major consequences of the Great Depression included high unemployment rates, severe poverty, and a decline in global trade, which in turn heightened regional conflicts as countries faced economic and political turmoil and sought to protect their own interests.
