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Out of the turmoil of the Civil War, America enters an age of enlightenment that will change the landscape of the country forever. The growth is driven by five insightful men who will change the world forever.
Out of the turmoil of the Civil War, America enters an age of enlightenment that will change the landscape of the country forever. The growth is driven by five insightful men who will change the world forever.
Andrew Carnegie builds an empire around steel, but finds himself struggling to save face after the ruthless tactics of his business partner, Henry Clay Frick, result in both the
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Andrew Carnegie builds an empire around steel, but finds himself struggling to save face after the ruthless tactics of his business partner, Henry Clay Frick, result in both the Johnstown Flood as well as the bloody 1892 strike at the Homestead Steel Works.
Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Morgan have gone unmonitored for decades, but American politicians are about to change that. They want these men to fall into line under government
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Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Morgan have gone unmonitored for decades, but American politicians are about to change that. They want these men to fall into line under government control. The men, some lifelong enemies, come together with a plan to buy the White House by donating the modern day equivalent of $30 million dollars to Ohio Governor, William McKinley. McKinley intends to repay his backers; he repeals regulation after regulation to allow them the freedom to do unimaginable things without consequence or impediment. Morgan and Carnegie create US Steel, the first billion dollar company while Rockefeller takes control of 90% of North American oil.
A young engineer named Henry Ford devises the plan for a gas-powered car. McKinley is assassinated and his VP Theodore Roosevelt takes office and quickly passes a series of regulations
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A young engineer named Henry Ford devises the plan for a gas-powered car. McKinley is assassinated and his VP Theodore Roosevelt takes office and quickly passes a series of regulations increasing oversight of American business. Ford receives his financial backing and comes up with the concept of the assembly line. He targets the middle class with his new product and changes the landscape of America. Rockefeller is put on trial for anti-trust violations. He loses in court and his company, Standard Oil, is one of the first monopolies broken up by the US government. JP Morgan helps to establish the Federal Reserve. This cements Morgan's legacy as the father of modern capitalism. Carnegie, still reeling from his culpability in the Johnstown disaster, gives away much of his fortune. His example of charity paves the way for individuals like Bill Gates who will do the same. As the US army sets sail for Europe, one thing is clear... these men didn't discover America. They built it.
The revolt of his workers at the Homestead steelworks and the assassination attempt against his partner, the brutal Henry Frick, brought the king of steel, Andrew Carnegie, to a big
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The revolt of his workers at the Homestead steelworks and the assassination attempt against his partner, the brutal Henry Frick, brought the king of steel, Andrew Carnegie, to a big challenge. The biggest danger Carnegie faces is called John Pierpont Morgan, then number one in the banking industry, who made his fortune by buying bankrupt businesses. He had the intuition that electricity had a future and, in the 1870s and 1880s, financed the work of Edison, to whom he asked to build power plants to light up New York. But it aims bigger: to provide electricity throughout the country. The invention of alternating current by Tesla, Edison's assistant, in 1884, more reliable than direct current, thwarts his monopoly project and threatens his empire.
Disgusted that the alternating current, the invention of Nikola Tesla, supplants the direct current which he had developed, Thomas Edison devotes himself to the manufacture of the first
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Disgusted that the alternating current, the invention of Nikola Tesla, supplants the direct current which he had developed, Thomas Edison devotes himself to the manufacture of the first electric chair. In 1882, the first public attempt tarnished the reputation of the inventor and that of JP Morgan. The businessman does not give up his plan to build an electricity empire and intends to win the contract for the hydroelectric plant of Niagara Falls to supply electricity in the northeast of the United States
In 1896, as the presidential election approached, the democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan echoed the anger of the American people, promising to hold the elites to account and to
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In 1896, as the presidential election approached, the democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan echoed the anger of the American people, promising to hold the elites to account and to dismantle the trusts. The three titans of American industry, JP Morgan, John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie, worry and finance the campaign of the republican candidate William McKinley, won over to their cause. McKinley is elected and the business of JP Morgan, John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie resumes. On September 14, 1901, William McKinley, who was re-elected, was assassinated by an anarchist worker. Vice-president Theodore Roosevelt takes the reins of power and attacks trusts.
At the head of the United States from 1901 to 1909, Roosevelt continued his anti-trust policy. After the empire of the banker and industrialist JP Morgan, he tackled the Standard Oil of
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At the head of the United States from 1901 to 1909, Roosevelt continued his anti-trust policy. After the empire of the banker and industrialist JP Morgan, he tackled the Standard Oil of John D. Rockefeller. At the start of the 20th century, a new generation of businessmen was gradually emerging, particularly with the emergence of the automotive sector. Henry Ford manages to find investors to produce the first car accessible to the general public: the T model. The implementation of the production method he invented, the assembly line, in the early 1910s, revolutionized the industry American by promoting mass consumption. He becomes one of the richest businessmen in the world.
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