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The Men Who Built America

Name: The Men Who Built America
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012
Rating: 8

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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.

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

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A New War BeginsAs 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 st120m
Bloody BattlesAs 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 o120m
Changing the GameThe 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 finance120m
When One Ends, Another BeginsRailroads, 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.120m