Why did the hyperinflation crisis occur?

• Hyperinflation- inflation is when money looses it's value and price of goods increase.
• When did the crisis occur?

  Germany 1923
• Why did Germany have to pay reparations?

  Part of the Treaty of Versailles
• Reasons of why the economy was weak after WW1:

  • Large debt
  • Lower production of goods
  • Many people without jobs
• Why did French and Belgian troops occupy Ruhr?

  Germany couldn't make reparation payment
• What did the government tell workers to do in Ruhr?

  Go on strike
• What did the Weimar government do to try and solve the problems?

  Print more money
• Why did hoarding goods cause further problems?

  Made goods even scarcer and pushed prices even higher