'A Summary Of The Men Who Built America'

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The men who built America episode 1 therefore, consequently, furthermore
Summary
The episode begins after the American civil war and “for the first time in American History, the man most capable of leading America is not a politician. But a self made man ..”. Therefore these men were Cornelius Vanderbilt, John Davison Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan and latter Henry Ford. Vanderbilt had connected the country through a railway system. Rockefeller had used his trademark ruefulness to become the owner of the biggest American Oil company. Andrew Carnegie made the construction of new architecture possible through his steal monopoly. And under J.P. Morgan used electricity to sell the electric light.
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