Increased consumerism and broader forms of entertainment during the 1950’s indicate that:

even though you have attached neither the chart nor the generalizations, i have located them online. the right answer is d, since they are asking you about a generalization. you can only infer from the chart that between 2008 and 2009 the number of employed workers decreased significantly (from over 115 millions to 107 millions approximately), which signals some type of economic crisis.  

i only have part a but here is the first one: - lewis and clark are born

- lewis marries sacajawea and clark is jealous  

- clark drowns lewis and then goes to jail

answer; cognitive dissonance;