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The Men Who Built America

20122h 0m / epDocumentary

First aired

October 16, 2012

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S01 · E01

A New War Begins

Season 1 · Oct 16, 2012 · 2h 0m

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A New War Begins

Oct 16, 2012 · 2h 0m

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Bloody Battles

Oct 23, 2012 · 2h 0m

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Changing the Game

Oct 30, 2012 · 2h 0m

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When One Ends, Another Begins

Nov 11, 2012 · 2h 0m

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.

About the Series

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

First aired: October 16, 2012
Last aired: November 11, 2012
Seasons: 1 season · 4 episodes
Status: Ended
Original language: English
Network: History