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[[Image:29-49.gif|right|250px|thumb|Dow Jones Industrial Averages, 1929-49.]]

[[Image:29-49.gif|right|250px|thumb|Dow Jones Industrial Averages, 1929-49.]]

[[Image:115yeardowgoldratio.gif|right|200px|thumb|Dow Jones Index in constant dollars relative to the price of gold. The chart is a good reflection of living standards throughout the period.]]

[[Image:115yeardowgoldratio.gif|right|200px|thumb|Dow Jones Index in constant dollars relative to the price of gold. The chart is a good reflection of living standards throughout the period.]]

The '''New Ordeal''' is a weakly humorous term that is a spoof of the term "New Deal"

The '''New Ordeal''' is the period of time between 1929 and 1949, when the American economy finally recovered from the [[Crash of '29]].  It encompasses the four presidential terms U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] had been elected to, the final term having been administered mostly by his successor, President [[Harry S. Truman]].  The New Ordeal also is sometimes referred to as the '''Great Ordeal''' or simply the '''Ordeal'''. 

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