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The Men Who Built America
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The Men Who Built America

Tue, Oct 16, 2012
  • Documentary
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Synopsis

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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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • T
    Tim Getman
    as John D. Rockefeller
  • M
    Michael Chmiel
    as William Vanderbilt
  • D
    David Donahoe
    as Cornelius Vanderbilt
  • R
    Ray Reynolds
    as J.P. Morgan (The Elder)
  • E
    Eric Rolland
    as J.P Morgan (The Younger)
  • A
    Adam Jonas Segaller
    as Andrew Carnegie (The Elder)
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Episodes

1 season · 4 episodes

Ended · 4 aired
Season 1
4 episodes · 4 aired
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  • E1
    A New War Begins
    Aired · Wed, Oct 17, 2012 · 120m

    Out of the turmoil of the Civil War, America enters an age of enlightenment that will change the landscape of the country forever. The growth is driven by five insightful men who will change the world forever.

  • E2
    Bloody Battles
    Aired · Wed, Oct 24, 2012 · 120m

    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.

  • E3
    Changing the Game
    Aired · Wed, Oct 31, 2012 · 120m

    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.

  • E4
    When One Ends, Another Begins
    Aired · Mon, Nov 12, 2012 · 120m

    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.