Changes in Postwar America Discussion

Instructions: 

Read the following Discussion question carefully, then submit an original answer.  Your answer should be at least a few sentences to a paragraph in length.  There is no "right" or "wrong" answer, but your opinion should be well-reasoned and based on fact.  (no references needed) this is just an opinion...

Why did the economic, political and social turmoil that characterized the close of the 1910s and the opening of the 1920s last for a relatively short time?  Were many of the problems of that period actually solved, or simply postponed to a future time?