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The Men Who Built America - Season 1

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.

Top Cast

  • Tim Getman

    Tim Getman

    John D. Rockefeller

  • Michael Chmiel

    Michael Chmiel

    William Vanderbilt

  • David Donahoe

    David Donahoe

    Cornelius Vanderbilt

  • Ray Reynolds

    Ray Reynolds

    J.P. Morgan (The Elder)

  • Eric Rolland

    Eric Rolland

    J.P Morgan (The Younger)

  • Adam Jonas Segaller

    Adam Jonas Segaller

    Andrew Carnegie (The Elder)

  • AJ Achinger

    AJ Achinger

    Andrew Carnegie (The Younger)

  • Alex Falberg

    Alex Falberg

    Nikola Tesla

  • Cary Donaldson

    Cary Donaldson

    Henry Ford

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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