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The Men Who Built America - Season 1
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Title: The Men Who Built America

Overview: 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

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

    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.

    The Men Who Built America - Bloody Battles (Season 1 - Episode 2)

    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.

    The Men Who Built America - Changing the Game (Season 1 - Episode 3)

    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.

    The Men Who Built America - When One Ends, Another Begins (Season 1 - Episode 4)

    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.

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