Why did war reparations create a political crisis beyond an economic crisis?

Correct answer: Because it made people angrier against the government

The direct answer is A: reparations made people angrier with the government and therefore produced a political crisis as well as an economic one. Germany had to make heavy payments after the war. These payments increased financial pressure, while many Germans believed the Weimar politicians had accepted an unfair settlement. Economic hardship therefore became political distrust, protest and support for anti-democratic parties. A is correct because public suffering was blamed on the new government. B is wrong because reparations did not make all workers rich. C is wrong because they did not make parliament permanent. D is wrong because reparations were connected with the postwar settlement, not with ending Versailles. Memory cue: “economic burden becomes political blame.”