How did the Treaty of Versailles create double pressure on Weimar legitimacy?

Correct answer: It imposed both economic reparations and national humiliation

The Treaty of Versailles placed pressure on the Weimar government in two connected ways. First, Germany was required to pay heavy reparations and accept other restrictions after the First World War. These demands added to economic difficulties and made many Germans associate the new government with hardship, even though the government had not created all the wartime conditions. Second, the treaty was felt as a national humiliation because Germany had to accept responsibility for the war, lose territory and colonies, and face military limitations. Many opponents therefore described the republic as weak or as having accepted a dictated peace.

Option B is correct because it combines the economic and emotional sides of the problem: reparations created financial pressure, while the treaty’s terms wounded national pride. The treaty did not make Germany prosperous or victorious, so option A is the opposite of the historical situation. It also did not make the monarchy democratic or remove political opposition. Instead, resentment over Versailles weakened support for the Weimar Republic and gave nationalist critics a powerful argument against its legitimacy.