D It shows how the entertainment industry used the Great Depression to their advantage.
Explanation:
During the great depression in the 1930s, Americans still continued to produce entertainment thereby making others happy. Radio was made free and President Roosevelt made regular speeches on the radio to reassure Americans if his new deals. New movies where also produced. The music produced during this period either recalled the good days of 1920s while some reflected the hard times.
An abstract noun is something that isn't tangible or anything you can touch. Mainly it is talking about emotions. Based on that I would say it would be B. It says hoped which is an emotion
