The Men Who Built America - Season 1 - Eps 1: A New War Begins

Name: Eps 1: A New War Begins
Released: 2012-10-16
Rating: 4.0

2012-10-16 • 120 min • ⭐ 7.98/10

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.

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About The Men Who Built America

Title: The Men Who Built America

First Air Date: 2012-10-16

Last Air Date: 2012-11-11

Status: Ended

Rating: 7.98/10 (from 179 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 4

Network: History

Genres: Documentary

Production Companies: Stephen David Entertainment

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.