Why did Great Britain leaving the gold standard in 1931 contribute to economic depression in the United States?Foreigners thought Great Britain's economic future was better and stopped investing in the U.S.Americans could no longer afford to travel within the British Empire, forcing the unemployed to exert more pressure on America's economyAmericans believed that if the U.K. couldn't stay on the gold standard, then the situation must be even worse than they imaginedForeigners, fearing the U.S. would leave the gold standard, began exchanging their dollars for gold. Gold leaving the U.S. further restricted the money supply

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