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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Episodes
1. A New War Begins
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.
2. Bloody Battles
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.
3. Changing the Game
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.
4. When One Ends, Another Begins
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.
Cast & Crew
Tim Getman
John D. Rockefeller
Michael Chmiel
William Vanderbilt
David Donahoe
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Ray Reynolds
J.P. Morgan (The Elder)
Eric Rolland
J.P Morgan (The Younger)
Adam Jonas Segaller
Andrew Carnegie (The Elder)
AJ Achinger
Andrew Carnegie (The Younger)
Alex Falberg
Nikola Tesla
Cary Donaldson
Henry Ford
Einar Gunn
George Westinghouse
James Kidd
William Jennings Bryan
Kenneth Cavett
Jim Fisk
Cameron McNary
Jay Gould
Joseph Wiegand
Theodore Roosevelt
Justin Morck
Thomas Edison
John C. Bailey
Henry Clay Frick
Daniel Odell
President William McKinley
Daniel Martin Berkey
Junius Morgan
John Keabler
Charles M Schwab
Don Meehan Jr
Thomas Scott
Campbell Scott
Self - Narrator (voice)
H.W. Brands
Self - Historian
Donny Deutsch
Self - Advertising Mogul
Mark Cuban
Self - Owner Dallas Mavericks
