WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Occupation of the Ruhr worsened the economic crisis in Germany, and German civilians engaged in acts of passive resistance and civil disobedience, during which 130 were killed.

Detailed explanation-2: -A key consequence of the occupation was a rise in prices (inflation) due to shortages of goods and raw materials. Another consequence was that the government collected less tax as unemployment rose and fewer people paid tax.

Detailed explanation-3: -The hyperinflation made day-to-day survival arduous for ordinary Germans, most of whom were members of the working classes employed in factories. The exponential price rise made it difficult to obtain even basic goods like bread, meat, and coal to heat homes. Pay received one day was often worthless the next.

Detailed explanation-4: -With the French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr, goods in Germany became even more difficult to obtain, and therefore very expensive. To fix this problem and pay the striking Ruhr workers, the government again printed more money. This led to hyperinflation .

Detailed explanation-5: -In order to pay the striking workers the government simply printed more money. This flood of money led to hyperinflation as the more money was printed, the more prices rose. Prices ran out of control, for example a loaf of bread, which cost 250 marks in January 1923, had risen to 200, 000 million marks in November 1923.