The Men Who Built America

All Episodes 2012
TV-PG

  • Ended
  • #<Network:0x00007f97c8c76048>
  • 2012-10-17T01:00:00Z
  • 2h
  • 2h 56m (4 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Stephen David Entertainment
  • Documentary
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.

4 episodes

Series Premiere

2012-10-17T01:00:00Z

1x01 A New War Begins

Series Premiere

1x01 A New War Begins

  • 2012-10-17T01:00:00Z43m

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.

2012-10-24T01:00:00Z

1x02 Bloody Battles

1x02 Bloody Battles

  • 2012-10-24T01:00:00Z44m

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.

2012-10-31T01:00:00Z

1x03 Changing the Game

1x03 Changing the Game

  • 2012-10-31T01:00:00Z44m

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.

Season Finale

2012-11-12T02:00:00Z

1x04 When One Ends, Another Begins

Season Finale

1x04 When One Ends, Another Begins

  • 2012-11-12T02:00:00Z45m

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.

Loading...