The Men Who Built America (2012)

Biography · Documentary · History

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.

IMDb rating: 8.5 (5,199 votes)
Episode average: 8.3 -0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Hulu · Amazon Prime Video · Disney+
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2012)

8.33 avg 4 episodes 8.3 → 8.4 44 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A New War Begins	8.3	227
2	Bloody Battles	8.3	188
3	Changing the Game	8.3	166
4	When One Ends, Another Begins	8.4	167