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HISTORY VAULT

Henry Ford devises a plan for a gas-powered car; McKinley is assassinated.

The Men Who Built America

Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan plan to buy the White House.

The Edison Electric Company is created and begins wiring homes in New York.

Carnegie and Rockefeller continue to battle; JP Morgan establishes a bank in New York City.

Carnegie hires Henry Frick to help him achieve his goal of besting Rockefellar.

Andrew Carnegie immigrates to the United States with his parents and starts working at age 12.

The demand for oil goes sky high and Vanderbilt turns to John D. Rockefeller.

Out of the turmoil of the Civil War, the nation enters an age of enlightenment fueled by five innovators who will change the world forever.

How five self-made men transformed the U.S into a global superpower.