The Men Who Built America - Season 1 - Eps 1: 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.
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.
Cast

Tim Getman
John D. Rockefeller

Michael Chmiel
William Vanderbilt

David Donahoe
Cornelius Vanderbilt

Ray Reynolds
J.P. Morgan (The Elder)

Eric Rolland
J.P Morgan (The Younger)

Adam Jonas Segaller
Andrew Carnegie (The Elder)

AJ Achinger
Andrew Carnegie (The Younger)

Alex Falberg
Nikola Tesla

Cary Donaldson
Henry Ford

Einar Gunn
George Westinghouse