The '''New Ordeal''' describes the period of time between 1929 and 1949, when the American economy finally recovered from the [[Crash of '29]]. It encompasses the early stages of the [[Great Depression]] during President [[Herbert Hoover]]'s term and the four terms of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], the final term having been administered mostly by his successor, President [[Harry S. Truman]]. The New Ordeal also is sometimes refered to as the '''Great Ordeal''' or simply the '''Ordeal'''. | The '''New Ordeal''' describes the period of time between 1929 and 1949, when the American economy finally recovered from the [[Crash of '29]]. It encompasses the early stages of the [[Great Depression]] during President [[Herbert Hoover]]'s term and the four terms of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], the final term having been administered mostly by his successor, President [[Harry S. Truman]]. The New Ordeal also is sometimes refered to as the '''Great Ordeal''' or simply the '''Ordeal'''. |