[[Image:29-50.gif|right|250px|thumb|Dow Jones Industrial Averages, 1929-50.]]
[[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]].