Hi I'm new here and I need help on one of the questions that appeared in APUSH class. I need all the info I can get so thanks in advance.

The question is...

Were the Intellectual critics of the 1920's really disillusioned with teh fundamental character of American life,, or were they actually royal to a vision of a better America, and only hiding their idealism behind a veneer of disillusionment and irony?