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Essay: New Ordeal (view source)
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[[Image:29-49.gif|right|250px|thumb|Dow Jones Industrial Averages, 1929-49.]]
[[Image:29-50.gif|right|250px|thumb|Dow Jones Industrial Averages, 1929-50.]]
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''' 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]].