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The Men Who Built America

The Men Who Built America

20128.01 Season4 EpisodesEnded

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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Top Cast

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Tim Getman

John D. Rockefeller

M

Michael Chmiel

William Vanderbilt

D

David Donahoe

Cornelius Vanderbilt

R

Ray Reynolds

J.P. Morgan (The Elder)

E

Eric Rolland

J.P Morgan (The Younger)

A

Adam Jonas Segaller

Andrew Carnegie (The Elder)

AJ Achinger

AJ Achinger

Andrew Carnegie (The Younger)

Alex Falberg

Alex Falberg

Nikola Tesla

C

Cary Donaldson

Henry Ford

Einar Gunn

Einar Gunn

George Westinghouse

Themes & Keywords

biographyminiseriessocial documentaryamerica

About The Men Who Built America

The Men Who Built America is a documentary series that first aired in 2012 exploring themes of biography, miniseries, social documentary, america. it stars Tim Getman, Michael Chmiel, David Donahoe. 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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