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Vice President George Bush, right, and his running mate, Indiana Senator Dan Quayle, at the Republican National Convention in 1988
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American History: The Election of 1988

Vice President George H. W. Bush defeated Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis for the presidency | THE MAKING OF A NATION

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Cast members of "Dallas" accept the pop culture award at the TV Land awards show in 2006 in Santa Monica, California. The awards honor classic shows and performers.

American History: Life in the 1970s and '80s

Interest in self-help and lifestyles of the rich helped define the social and cultural changes of the times | THE MAKING OF A NATION

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart: First Woman to Fly Across the Atlantic Alone

One of America's first female pilots was lost at sea while attempting to fly around the world in 1937 | EXPLORATIONS

This painting portrays the story of Pocahontas saving the life of Captain John Smith

Pocahontas, 1595-1617: An Important Player in Early Jamestown

She represented the hope of close relations between white people and Native Americans | PEOPLE IN AMERICA

President Reagan during a news conference at the White House on March 19, 1987

American History: The Reagan Years

A look at some of the events that shaped Ronald Reagan's two terms as president during the 1980s | THE MAKING OF A NATION

Henry Ford with a Model T in Buffalo, New York, in 1921. About one million Model Ts were produced that year.

Henry Ford, 1863-1947: Life After the Model T

Second of two parts about the automaker who revolutionized the industry but whose Ford Motor Company fell behind GM | PEOPLE IN AMERICA

Ronald Reagan and wife, Nancy, at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles after his election victory on November 4, 1980

American History: The 'Reagan Revolution,' a Crisis With Iran Ends

Ronald Reagan won the 1980 election with a promise to rebuild Americans' confidence | THE MAKING OF A NATION

President Jimmy Carter with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, left, and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at Camp David in 1978

American History: Carter Brings Egypt, Israel Together in Peace Treaty

But fuel shortages and a hostage crisis in Tehran wounded Jimmy Carter's presidency | THE MAKING OF A NATION

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

Kids, Before the Age of TV There Was a Funny Thing Called Radio

Laughs from yesteryear with performances by Abbott and Costello, Jack Benny, Fred Allen and Bob Hope | THIS IS AMERICA

In this February 8, 1976 photo, former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter relaxes in blue jeans outside his home in Plains, Georgia

American History: Little Known Democrat Defeats President Ford in 1976 Election

“My name is Jimmy Carter, and I’m running for president” | THE MAKING OF A NATION

President Gerald Ford testifies at a House of Representatives hearing in 1974 on his pardon of Richard Nixon

American History: Ford Leads Nation After Nixon Resigns

Gerald Ford, an accidental president, had to deal with the effects of the Watergate crisis and the Vietnam War | THE MAKING OF A NATION

Richard Nixon says goodbye to staff members outside the White House on August 9, 1974, after resigning

American History: Nixon Resigns Over Watergate

A break-in at Democratic Party headquarters brings down a presidency | THE MAKING OF A NATION

President Nixon crosses a bridge in Hangchow, China February 26, 1972, with Chou En-lai and Nixon's wife Pat behind them

American History: Nixon Goes to China

Nixon opens relations with China and faces a continuing war in Vietnam | THE MAKING OF A NATION

A huge sign is stretched across Chestnut Street in Philadelphia in September, 1968 to welcome the GOP presidential candidate

American History: Nixon’s the One

Richard Nixon begins his first term as America’s thirty-seventh president | THE MAKING OF A NATION

Alfred Stieglitz photograph of O'Keeffe. New York City, 1918

Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986: Her Paintings Showed Her Love for the American Southwest

People can immediately identify the artists's paintings of huge, colorful flowers or bones in dream-like deserts | PEOPLE IN AMERICA

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