16) Which statement best describes Western countries' attempts to end the Great Depression?
a. They used higher tariffs, which stimulated demand and led to an increase in production.
b. They developed programs that lessened suffering but did not solve all the problems.
c. They eliminated unemployment through massive government-sponsored work programs.
d. They decreased the size of the government to save the taxpayers money.

17) Novels such as The Sun Also Rises and The Great Gatsby most clearly reflect what literary theme?
a. the horrors of the experience of World War I
b. the sense f loss of purpose of the postwar generation of writers
c. the secret workings of the subconscious mind
d. the desire to return to prewar values and stability

18) What was the main significance of flappers in the 1920s?
a. Most women in the United States and Europe became flappers.
b. Flappers finally succeeded in winning women the right to vote.
c. Flappers symbolized a postwar rejection of traditional values and attitudes.
d. Flappers symbolized a new age of equality between men and women.

The Great Depression was the inferior economic disaster in U.S. history. From 1931 to 1940 unemployment was always in double digits. In April 1939, almost ten years after the disaster occurred, more than one in five Americans still could not find a job. On the surface, World War II appears to mark the end of the Great Depression.

Answer 17

B) The sense f loss of purpose of the postwar generation of writers

Explanation:

The young adults of Europe and America during World War I. They were lost because after the war many of them were disappointed with the world in usual and reluctant to move into an improved life. A society of American writers who came of age during World War I and built their literary fame in the 1920s.

Answer 18

C) Flappers symbolized a postwar rejection of traditional values and attitudes.

Explanation:

Started in the 1920s, the word flapper represented women who flamboyantly mocked their hatred for what was back then considered as social behavior that was expected. Flappers were women who were distinguished by their choice of trimmed hair, short skirts, and their satisfaction with jazz music. The look became popular because of the lifestyle.