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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.]]
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'''.
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'''.