Rural NC

  • Farm Loan Bank Act (Woodrow Wilson)
  • Federal Crop Loan Act (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  • Rural Electrification Act (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  • Farmer’s Home Administration (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  • Soil Conservation Service (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  • Rural Telephone Act (Harry Truman)
  • Agricultural Adjustment Administration (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  • Cooperative Extension Service (Woodrow Wilson)
  • Farm Loan Housing Act (Harry Truman)

Environmental Protection

  • Clean Water Act (100th Congress, over President Reagan’s Veto)
  • Clean Air Act (John F. Kennedy)

Democratic Accomplishments: Foreign Affairs

  • United Nations (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  • League of Nations (Woodrow Wilson)
  • Atlantic Charter (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  • Marshall Plan (Harry Truman)
  • Monroe Doctrine (James Monroe)
  • Atmospheric Test Ban Treaty (John F. Kennedy)
  • NATO (Harry Truman)
  • Truman Doctrine (Harry Truman)
  • Peace Corps (John F. Kennedy)
  • Louisiana Purchase (Thomas Jefferson)
  • Camp David Accord (Jimmy Carter)

Democratic Accomplishments: Labor

  • Creation of a Cabinet Level Labor Department (Woodrow Wilson)
  • The 8 Hour Workday and Overtime (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  • National Labor Relations Act (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  • Minimum Wage Law (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  • Unemployment Compensation Law (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  • Civilian Conservation Corp (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  • The Full Employment Act for Labor (Harry Truman)
  • Family and Medical Leave Act (Bill Clinton)
  • Worker’s Compensation (Woodrow Wilson)
  • Raised North Carolina’s Minimum Wage (Gov. Mike Easley)

Democratic Accomplishments: Civil and Political Rights

  • Women’s Suffrage Amendment (Woodrow Wilson)
  • VISTA (John F. Kennedy)
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Lyndon Johnson)
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Lyndon Johnson)
  • National Voter Registration Act (Bill Clinton)
  • Americans with Disabilities Act (101st Congress)

Democratic Accomplishments: The Economy

  • Largest Deficit Cutting Plan in History (Bill Clinton)
  • Federal Reserve Bank Act (Woodrow Wilson)
  • Clayton Anti-Trust Act (Woodrow Wilson)
  • Securities & Exchange Act (Franklin D. Roosevelt)

Democratic Accomplishments: Education

  • Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act (Woodrow Wilson)
  • Fulbright-Hays Scholarship (Harry Truman)
  • Creation of the Education Department (Jimmy Carter)
  • National School Lunch Program (Harry Truman)
  • Guaranteed Student Loan Program (Lyndon Johnson)
  • Smart Start (Governor Jim Hunt)
  • More at Four (Governor Mike Easley)
  • Head Start (Lyndon Johnson)
  • Ameri-Corp (Bill Clinton)
  • GI Bill of Rights (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  • Student Loan Reform Act (Bill Clinton)
  • School-to-Work Opportunities Act (Bill Clinton)

Democratic Accomplishments: Senior Citizens

  • Social Security Administration (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  • Older Americans Act (Lyndon Johnson)Medicare (Lyndon Johnson)Medicaid (Lyndon Johnson)Consolidation of Older Americans Act (Jimmy Carter)Successful Defense of Social Security (Democratic Minority of the 109th Congress)

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