The Men Who Built America

Season 12012

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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4 Episodes

E01 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.

October 16, 2012

E02 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.

October 23, 2012

E03 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.

October 30, 2012

E04 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.

November 11, 2012

The Men Who Built America

E01 A New War Begins

E02 Bloody Battles

E03 Changing the Game

E04 When One Ends, Another Begins

Strawberry Night

The World Wars

Dirty Money

Hung

D-Day Sacrifice

Ascension

Boundless

Night on Earth

The Powerpuff Girls

El Bronx

Saint Seiya Omega

NOS4A2

The Story of God with Morgan Freeman

Home Before Dark

Heartland

The Undoing

When They See Us

The Twilight Zone

Knight Rider

Planet Earth

E01 A New War Begins

E02 Bloody Battles

E03 Changing the Game

E04 When One Ends, Another Begins