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On the domestic front, he covertly opposed Joseph McCarthy but contributed to the end of McCarthyism by openly invoking the modern expanded version of executive privilege.

He otherwise left most political activity to his Vice President, Richard Nixon.

He was a moderate conservative who continued New Deal agencies, expanded Social Security and launched the Interstate Highway System.

He sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, for the first time since Reconstruction to enforce federal court orders to desegregate public schools, and signed civil rights legislation in 1957 and 1960 to protect the right to vote.

He implemented desegregation of the armed forces in two years, and made five appointments to the Supreme Court.

He was the first term-limited president in accordance with the 22nd Amendment.