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The Men Who Built America (2012)

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Documentary

Influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen. The Men Who Built America is the story of a nation at the crossroads and of the people who catapulted it to prosperity.

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Seasons & episodes

A New War BeginsOct 16, 2012 · 2h 0m

As the nation attempts to rebuild following the destruction of the Civil War, Cornelius Vanderbilt is the first to see the need for unity t…

Bloody BattlesOct 23, 2012 · 2h 0m

As it recovers from the Civil War, America undertakes the largest building phase of the country's history. While much of the growth is driv…

Changing the GameOct 30, 2012 · 2h 0m

The steel and oil have forever changed the face of America, but they are just the beginning. JP Morgan arrives on the scene and expedites g…

When One Ends, Another BeginsNov 11, 2012 · 2h 0m

Railroads, oil, steel and electricity have all been harnessed in less than 50 years, but the face of America is changing and will never be…

Cast

Tim GetmanJohn D. Rockefeller

Michael ChmielWilliam Vanderbilt

David DonahoeCornelius Vanderbilt

Ray ReynoldsJ.P. Morgan (The Elder)

Eric RollandJ.P Morgan (The Younger)

Adam Jonas SegallerAndrew Carnegie (The Elder)

AJ AchingerAndrew Carnegie (The Younger)

Alex FalbergNikola Tesla

Cary DonaldsonHenry Ford

Einar GunnGeorge Westinghouse

James KiddWilliam Jennings Bryan

Kenneth CavettJim Fisk

Cameron McNaryJay Gould

Joseph WiegandTheodore Roosevelt