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Between the presidency of [[Woodrow Wilson]], the success of conservatism during the [[Roaring Twenties]] and the Presidency of [[Calvin Coolidge]], and the failure of an actual progressive party in the 1912 Bull Moose party, progressivism as an ideology was nearly lost.  Then, along came [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]].  At his acceptance speech for the Nomination for President on the Democrat ticket, FDR himself is the one who led the way toward renaming the ideology.<ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2014/10/24/the-new-republic-cant-help-its-progressive-control-freak-tendencies/ The New Republic Can’t Help Its Progressive, Control-Freak Tendencies]</ref>

Between the presidency of [[Woodrow Wilson]], the success of conservatism during the [[Roaring Twenties]] and the Presidency of [[Calvin Coolidge]], and the failure of an actual progressive party in the 1912 Bull Moose party, progressivism as an ideology was nearly lost.  Then, along came [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]].  At his acceptance speech for the Nomination for President on the Democrat ticket, FDR himself is the one who led the way toward renaming the ideology.<ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2014/10/24/the-new-republic-cant-help-its-progressive-control-freak-tendencies/ The New Republic Can’t Help Its Progressive, Control-Freak Tendencies]</ref>

[[Image:FDR002.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the name from ''Progressivism'' to ''Liberalism'']]

[[Image:FDR002.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the name from ''Progressivism'' to ''Liberalism'']]

During the speech, FDR proclaimed that the party was the party of "real progress, of real justice, of real equality" and that the party should "feel that in everything we do there still lives with us, if not the body, the great indomitable, unquenchable, progressive soul of our Commander-in-Chief, Woodrow Wilson."<ref name=transformationspeech>[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=75174 Address Accepting the Presidential Nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago], July 2, 1932</ref>  In addition, FDR made it a point to link progress and liberalism, saying that the Democrat Party "is the bearer of liberalism and of progress", and finally he set the new title in motion:

During the speech, FDR proclaimed that the party was the party of "real progress, of real justice, of real equality" and that the party should "feel that in everything we do there still lives with us, if not the body, the great indomitable, unquenchable, progressive soul of our Commander-in-Chief, Woodrow Wilson."<ref name=transformationspeech>[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=75174 Address Accepting the Presidential Nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago], July 2, 1932</ref>  In addition, FDR made it a point to link progress and liberalism, saying that the Democrat Party "is the bearer of liberalism and of progress", and finally he set the new title in motion:

<blockquote>Yes, the people of this country want a genuine choice this year, not a choice between two names for the same reactionary doctrine. Ours must be a party of liberal thought, of planned action, of enlightened international outlook, and of the greatest good to the greatest number of our citizens.<ref name=transformationspeech /></blockquote>

<blockquote>Yes, the people of this country want a genuine choice this year, not a choice between two names for the same reactionary doctrine. Ours must be a party of liberal thought, of planned action, of enlightened international outlook, and of the greatest good to the greatest number of our citizens.<ref name=transformationspeech /></blockquote>

* [https://www.gotquestions.org/progressivism.html What is progressivism?], at [[GotQuestions]]

* [https://www.gotquestions.org/progressivism.html What is progressivism?], at [[GotQuestions]]

* [http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/guideDesc.asp?catid=93&type=issue Progressivism] on [[Discover the Networks]]

* [http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/guideDesc.asp?catid=93&type=issue Progressivism] on [[Discover the Networks]]

* [http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2008/0205/p09s01-coop.html You want a more 'progressive' America? Careful what you wish for.]

* [https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2008/0205/p09s01-coop.html You want a more 'progressive' America? Careful what you wish for.]

* [https://thefederalist.com/2016/08/17/the-rise-of-progressivism-and-administrative-agency-in-american-history/ The Rise Of Progressivism And Administrative Agency In American History]

* [https://thefederalist.com/2016/08/17/the-rise-of-progressivism-and-administrative-agency-in-american-history/ The Rise Of Progressivism And Administrative Agency In American History]

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3U1pA8keSw Jim Jones on gay marriage, women's rights, white privilege and other Progressive causes]

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3U1pA8keSw Jim Jones on gay marriage, women's rights, white privilege and other Progressive causes]