There had been a war fought and won and the great city of the conquering people was crossed with triumphal arches and vivid with
thrown flowers of white, red, and rose. All through the long spring days the returning soldiers marched up the chief highway behind the
strump of drums and the joyous, resonant wind of the brasses, while merchants and clerks left their bickerings and figurings and, crowding
to the windows, turned their white-bunched faces gravely upon the passing battalions.
Never had there been such splendor in the great city, for the victorious war had brought plenty in its train, and the merchants had
flocked thither from the South and West with their households to taste of all the luscious feasts and witness the lavish entertainments
prepared-and to buy for their women furs against the next winter and bags of golden mesh and varicolored slippers of silk and silver and
rose satin and cloth of gold.
Fifth Avenue and Forty-fourth Street swarmed with the noon crowd. The wealthy, happy sun glittered in transient gold through the
thick windows of the smart shops, lighting upon mesh bags and purses and strings of pearls in gray velvet cases, upon gaudy feather fans of
many colors; upon the laces and silks of expensive dresses, upon the bad paintings and the fine period furniture in the elaborate show
rooms of interior decorators.
"In this story the city being described is New York City, NY.
Which does the passage illustrate about the period after WWI?
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1. It shows the types of jobs men were hired to do after returning from the war.
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2. It shows why many soldiers decided to move away from New York City after the war.
3. It shows that people in New York City were excited to have their soldiers back home.
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4. It shows that life in the United States had not changed much since the beginning of the war.