The Men Who Built America
8.0IMDb Rating

The Men Who Built America

Series
2012
1 Season
120 min

GENRES

Documentary

PLOT

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.

CAST

Tim Getman, Michael Chmiel, David Donahoe, Ray Reynolds, Eric Rolland

Episodes

Season 1
episodes • 2012

1.A New War Begins

10/16/2012

As the nation attempts to rebuild following the destruction of the Civil War, Cornelius Vanderbilt is the first to see the need for unity to regain America’s stature in the world. He sells his shipping empire to invest everything in the railroads, knowing they’re the best chance for uniting East and West as never before.

120 min

2.Bloody Battles

10/23/2012

As it recovers from the Civil War, America undertakes the largest building phase of the country's history. While much of the growth is driven by railroads and oil, it's built using steel.

120 min

3.Changing the Game

10/30/2012

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 growth through finance.

120 min

4.When One Ends, Another Begins

11/11/2012

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 the same.

120 min

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