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The Men Who Built America

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previously on The Men Who Built America Cornelius Vanderbilt 4th and Mission to the railroad Empires that unites the country John Rockefeller can we complete confidence and created a total Monopoly of the oil industry  then transforms the future Andrew America's cities six impossible Carnegie's Empire Cozumel me to fight. Carnegie steel Flagship plant and when freak decides to take it back by force tempt Sister Christian Andrew Carnegie is forced to rethink everything weather in Albuquerque which shot Andrew Carnegie's back is against the wall is company and his reputation  an Empire spent a lifetime building is on the verge of collapse hoping to salvage returns to Pittsburgh can you survive only three days. Sports Bar kiss a reminder Mickey Mantle I'm running this business Carnegie's relationship with Creek make a change  Carnegie is tapping whisper to newspaper reporters in Pittsburgh that if he would have been different that they wouldn't been this that he had more respect for the workers French refuses to accept any responsibility how do you steal from the inside out what's the biggest challenge to Cottage Empire Morgan is a banker consolidating broken Industries buying out killing them to profitability accompaniment Carnegie Steel industrially dominated financing in the country What's your recently Consolidated parts of the broken Railroad making  by eliminating unnecessary Constitution Winters War  I've heard enough this is what's going to happen it's going to be an end to the war Girls by the central steak and the staff Pennsylvania in exchange for Spirit of the red rose he excelled at taking warring parties we're destroying industry and bringing them in the business sing about him realize like we're not he got things done dude freaks Andrew Carnegie from Morgan's next Target one that's become all Connecticut Andrew find I wasn't aware the division of their agreement with you you will have to surrender your interest in the company has Carnegie struggles turnip Empire JP Morgan continues to Target failing companies working alongside Junius Morgan  world's first modern  did will come to be known as the house of Kiki Morgan was born into the banking business was going to command all other Industries turn the time you could count is talk there's only one way to do business the Morgan way other people's money to make a fortune for yourself everything tonight Morgan's father controlling presents it was very difficult for him to bear  go ahead open it you pick it up $14 furniture style JP Morgan he's looking to create an identity set the paintings for 9 years old Taylor feel the need to fill the time thank you you need to do here  just remember where I love these lighter I'll try not to forget hey stranger paintings  JP Morgan understood the game and at some point he realize that as successful as his phone you can become even more successful JP Morgan he doesn't want to Simply by business he wants to build them from the ground up John Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie  if he wants to be next to me Tupac Thomas he first made his name by perfecting the telegraph can you secure over 1000 patent but now he's on the verge is greatest invention yet ability to figure out how to use it so this is where genius resents genius is eternal patience the powers it stream of invisible energy electric light the world Fire or the wheel good morning revolutionary  is chance to create his own legacy I'm level change the world test America coil technology  but maybe even more culture electricity CP Morgan  something he can only  most people are too busy to fit on the out why do we check four years JP Morgan has lived in the long shadow of his legendary father he's desperate for a way to make his own mark  and electricity might be at Morgan is considering an investment in Thomas Edison's company and his newly developed the electric light bulb how to install a New York sometimes you've got to take ownership they called eating your own dog food right if you want volume to use your own product then how is anybody else going to trust it and I'll company the Morgan home turns into a laboratory for Thomas Electric power plant on Morgan's property some of the first to ever be manufactured after months believe in something and I want to sell it I want to put it in the light  Morgan including his father electric lighting for the first time  knowing the demonstration at the Forefront of a new industry ladies and gentlemen behold Miracle of modern science  the Gaslamp is dead long live the electric light every like you see his power by electricity there's no gas no oil no flame Just Energy electricity listening to something miraculous and paperwork maze first understand how it was something logical by most people JP Morgan's home is the first president in the world with electricity before the way you think  you just find me  I thought you knew better the future despite his father's disappointment about to come a very busy man there is Ogden Mills want you to Electrify his home electricity becomes a must-have for the country's Elite which one John D Rockefeller Brooke filler has created by refining oil for kerosene lamps electric light as America's giftable challenge following opportunity  is chance to control a new business and become a pioneer  goes against everything JP Morgan's father you can't have greatness in anything without if it was no answer what oil Justin Morgan  is a noise in the basement It's upsetting my wife  the generator will send someone round to soundproof it you disappoint me. I'll talk to you in a bit Wicked future list of carnivals and fairs measurements for school how much competition do you have Edison you know if you can help me raise money to install the central power station there be no need to have a generator in your basement or anything with a half mile radius Buda Texas I need the number to Power Station thinking Monday morning set my alarm set I want birthday next week from Morgan the potential reward is too great  invest everything in electricity determined to create his own legacy even if it means going against America is undergoing amazing changes Steel and kerosene is lighting homes across the country world electricity the publication he partnered Wisconsin there is no success without risk and I think that is actually what amounts to 83 million dollars today Electric hunting Edison is it for Morgan and goes again careers for constructing can we sponsor JP Morgan truly transformative inventions Empire is a relatively small do they break through transforming building the world's first Central Power Station a high-tech wonder filled with  capable of lighting thousands of homes the idea was that promise until the start but it also meant the future of our it was power and power required transmission over long distance workers  digging a networking teacher over 15 miles long  Gmail connecting Edison power station to hundreds of homes and businesses throughout New York worked so long and so hard any intention to make it emotional as he did was Edison power station up in Reading a new dawn the first time ever Electric Avenue and homes throughout New York from buzzing with electricity we can giant distribution centers and electricity their success is bad news for the most country until now what is Edison's power grid expands over and greater area security Empire Madison wires with electricity the great Titan late 1800s like Rockefeller Pekin Insurance industrious English Mastiff Rockefeller launches at our campaign against electricity and out of control fire Rockefeller knows if you can I am not the enemy so if you spray hurt me words back but I will and when because and I don't lose the John D Rockefeller is about to become the least of Morgan's problems  competitor emergency Nikola Tesla JP Morgan could be the first casualty explosive change failure foil and steel and electricity he's creating unimagined Adventist morning together  I'm home 12 New York  the inventions the things that literally almost come out of no require incredible vision and support from leadership because those are big lips embrace it how much competition do you have Edison Edison ignoring and it comes from inside his own lab  is a princess Nikola Tesla what type of was obsessed with electricity good morning service what is a I was wondering if you had chance to look at my AC motor design he's interested in you design testimony alternating safe to use direct current Tesla has developed a new form of electricity known and alternating current or AC the higher voltage AC Conn's  I think Anderson probably saw test message Edison is world-famous and test was just one of many very bright young men who work for him and the fact that he's pushing AC no big deal to Addison Addison the person who solve this problem this my resignation you won't find anybody else to employ you  good luck finding investor blue stone ideas technology Define inventor the magnetic fields Gary's the motor  motor bars Elsa do you think you can take a c i mean what is its potential build 1022 eastern part of the United States Morgan and Edison may have lit up New York Hood Westinghouse in Tesla alternating greater power is more effective good luck today thank you so much ladies and Gentlemen please welcome new Wizard of electricity my fish demonstration country showing people who understood science electricity and insignificant JP Morgan suddenly finds himself in an unfamiliar position  I thought you didn't have competition number worthy milk I've just seen the drawings and descriptions of an electrical machine Lately. By mister Tesla will revolutionize the world electrical business  I don't post a straggling wire and was killed instantly you should give TC running through your home if your family are at risk  I see that the electrical industry has repeating systems right now this world has room for only one of them JP Morgan what has the battle to Electrify the nation the pressure Morgan Wagon Trails Stand Tall on Steelers first kerosene storm tonight I'm about to light homes from coast to coast John D Rockefeller he begins a campaign to stop electricity magical power JPMorgan has more what is father always told him to avoid competition at all cost me and Thomas Edison are locked in a heated battle over what can you transmit destroy everything Morgan and Edison have built electrical industry has two competing systems right now if Morgan loses Morgan ratchets up the pressure on him smart somebody who Houston good morning estimates out on a mission to prove his is the cheapest form is the dark side the tactics that Edison took was to persuade people that alternating current was the killer current it is medicine he begins Edison used all sorts of dirty tricks to try to discredit AC can you kill them Hornets but nothing seems to be slowing the enthusiasm growing ever more desperate to please Morgan could be opportunity New York State Prison has been looking to replace hanging  many have come to believe that the medieval life is cruel and inhumane electricity provider Edison became very happy to help develop an electric chair as long as the chair used Westinghouse generators it's the perfect opportunity to prove the Tesla's dangerous Venom deadly the press to witness the most Sensational demonstration imaginable the world's first human execution by electricity is it raining my volume Stead eventually roasted this man live execution the gruesome act backfires on Edison Edison damage to his reputation JP Morgan  now I have to read in the newspaper my son is Addison Latter-Day Frankenstein make a few points player to you I do not want the house in Oregon associated with electricity or any of the devil's works  I spent my another chance to build Ice at Santa Monica Marlon Wayan see to it that your cell whatever it takes you have Addison companies Morgan set out to become a legendary stream has come Crashing Down  Edison has played directly into John Rock demonstrating electricity to be dangerous and deadly Morgan knows that pulling your tongue Richard Rockefeller how much is Morgan a project that will remove the stain of Edison's experiments and restore the Public's trust in the electric industry electricity is about to go National a company at Niagara Falls has begun work on one of the most ambitious construction project the largest power plant  confronting two and a half miles which complete the power of the falls will generate a mind-boggling 120000 horsepower more than all the electricity being produced throughout the country combined electric industry it shows that it is not only feasible practical to transmit electricity over distance capable of generating enough electricity to the entire Northeast water power generators Morgan biggest power station would be a huge game changer to create the Empire he's always wanted organizes father has been in a horrible died as a result JP is now left in charge of the House of mourning vampire inclusive Railroad  we will take shipping Manufacturing canoe trip his father gone nothing is holding Morgan back put Austin Morgan's net worth more than quadrupled the instantly hundreds of millions of dollars  money he plans on using two women are contract the best time to buy is when there's blood on the streets Vice Lord Rothschild get my father  Sunrise you never talk  I'm increasing my investment the four million I'll give you an extra million dollars in cash to pursue projects should be a problem  Niagara Falls power company is inviting b**** Fallston navigate decided if they want to go with AC or DC I want you to you better win here's a little growth most powerful country Coast-to-Coast travel artificial light Carnegie building America Electric Company kissing challenge while he's backing Nikola Tesla developing alternating lower Steve nights Morgan whoever controls Niagara Falls driving distance everybody wants to be the first mover everybody wants to be on the bleeding edge of you have to be on the post in the moment planning in business just like time of your life is perhaps employee  tractor construction of the Niagara power station is continuing at blistering are almost finished and it won't be long until water shoots those turbines will generate enough electricity to light up the entire Morgan knows that the win the contract kill need to eliminate the competition with alternating current but after the company rapid expansion Westinghouse drowning in debt JP Morgan season opportune chicken more manpower company on a number of occasions was assaulted on the stock market by Morgan entities  Morgan capital what's on a downturn in the economy launching a smear campaign design trigger Chris Jordan Company Justin Morgan the only companies address for those fast expanding thank you Morgan's remarks are subtle who lives on Wall Street is so great their effect is devastating  over the next few weeks music  Morgan is convinced there's no longer any unable to raise additional funds the reason I'm here is to tell you that companies on the verge of bankruptcy royalty deal on your patent benefits to full-time to civilization from my polyfaces to mean more to me than money involved you'll save your company to go with my invention and after two pieces is Pattinson Westinghouse no input Morgan it's the perfect opportunity Chicago the World's Fair organizers wanted to be the most stunning display of Technology biggest electricity managers 1893 want to have entirely Electric City Morgan the scenes medicine our luck to like the fair under bridge the project the Bulls move Westinghouse in Tesla immediately get to work  on opening night Chicago 27 people came to this fair and song and that's a huge impact and spreading ass technology I told Howard George Westinghouse alternating current electricity Westinghouse Tesla's incredible display has another consequence a decision is made on Niagara Falls station the only one man and win the contract  America is now the Technologic  on the planet  oil and steel I built the country electric light showcase the Chicago World's Fair JP Morgan and Thomas Edison against agra falls hoping for Place John D Rockefeller as the man lighting America in the Niagara power plant could give him control future of electricity whoever wins this contract is going to be the preeminent not just in America but the world the plant at Niagara Falls which is a decision guitar can only be one George Westinghouse was the contract for the power station JP Morgan as badly defeated dream of building industry from the ground up this is the stuff of carnivals and fairs haven't played for a fool  if you realize it may have been right all along JPMorgan immediately opportunity JP Morgan Thomas Edison I mean they all make mistakes to say that you have to guard against the downside because you can be the greatest thing you've ever seen and there is a chance that that the I work at don't let a deal like that take you down if it doesn't work  Morgan is determined to gain control of the electric industry he's going to do it your company had you did not Morgan returns to the lessons of History he's going to attack the electric decorations Westinghouse I'll be taking you to court or patent infringement over AC designs 21 you know the answer History station sing has no choice but to the cost of a lawsuit  he's forced to sign over the place Good Morgan  who's the most of the Niagara contract play Morgan star DC electricity looks like a failure Thomas Edison the most brilliant America ever had  brilliant man he was capable of spectacular wrong choices as far as we're concerned there's only one way to fix  he's going to streamline the company Morgan buy additional shares of an electric stock until he has complete control device shows moving pictures who put the Niagara business behind us Edison General Electric the name of the company's been changed to General Electric  Korean say not anymore Morgan's electric company General Electric valued at $15 with everything out of the way McDonald you could tell they were going to in the marketplace is a significant General Electric stop one of America's biggest corporations players change the face change understanding head would you create and JP Morgan just like you did with the railroad animal Street the movie my father has now made his own but if deep inside you want to take chances you measure opportunity and where you want to go JP Morgan one of the most powerful men in the country good mortgage rapid rise to the top and his power grows his Rivals are forced to adjust  America is the fastest growing country guitar railroads fueled by oil and built on steel the nation has become a Battleground electricity in transforming the world bring electricity to the first time punch press who want to change the world call JP Morgan doesn't want to be confined to just  he wants to own them all the head of the biggest Investment Banking Morgan unrivaled power and influence no he's taking the house of Morgan to another level  Morgan Reese was very American industry expected reliable and trusted figure not only because of the power and wealth any Wheels because his character after a two-year depression the US there's only one man  JP Morgan is called Washington to help distance on the 3DS going to London Morgan puts together alone worth over 100 million dollars  bailed out cheating the economy to collapse but he would loan the country money when the country was in trouble  and obviously was looking at the national interest power  Lucy Morgan as a threat we need to deal with John Rockefeller feels the sure to keep you act like never before  Baker's best efforts to electricity has gone mainstream the people started these great companies on their own do it the way it's been done for that's in a book you go out and try something new because you think it will be able to make it work  to keep standard profitable Rockefeller needs to replace candy but just over a hundred a mixture of alkanes Minot Rockefeller Target the highly flammable runoff is soaking field including Rivers toxic substance is called so far no one has figured out are you smart what times are mass do you have to be ruthless to be very successful and I say you do not have to be ruthless you have to be smart smart is the keyword you have to be smart Rockefeller hires a team of scientists the Rockefeller becomes convinced gasoline bigger potential the quest create a more powerful motor leads to the development of the internal combustion engine  the exact properties that make gasoline so dangerous also make it the perfect fuel to power the engine  connection always trying to get better  the timing is perfect  already the world's largest efficiency in power engine is put on Wheel creating what's being called the Horseless Carriage could be even bigger than kerosene Rockefeller outside who could destroy everything Ashley princess JP Morgan kerosene  the rug Andrew Carnegie has stayed out of The Fray he's been quietly bigger than him one of the country's first business icons motivations whoever they and their lust 4644 money for fame but now JPMorgan is about to take business to he begins looking for other ways to make money building on his father's business model he creates so Innovative it becomes known as an organization companies that were fighting each other together and managing the company in such a competition is reduced on these Morgan start restructuring companies in Industries across the country hiring workers prioritize Morgan's rifles the private Richter read Edition dreamers stuff of Andhra look at it took longer to do after the fact maximizing profit those who still have a job for even less pay  during the Golden Age of capitalism make us feel these days land for sale, because no one else was keeping an eye on things  conditions unbearable you got to work in class Floyd living part-time jobs if any at all in this. A little bit of this. It was very striking not super rich Hedgehog eyes what was going on between poor continues to grow  call the working class struggles Carnegie Rockefeller what's an industry wrong with them teasing undercurrent of anger  one the quickie bubbles to the surface who's an election year on the Verizon a politician from the Braska is channeling The public's Restorations and directing them right goodbye promise of change is bad news  for the leaders of America  how many people it seemed as though big money big corporations the biggest of all standard while taking over the country a major part of its platform was antitrust legislation Rockefeller Carnegie and Morgan building turn on public opinion  and is Brian begins a campaign for the White House the Titans know revised plans to build no one has ever attempted it before there's only one problem the cab For the First Time America's most powerful man to put their rivalry and start working together  what do you think we need to buy the president Rockefeller Too Short White House I'll make sure you'll be all mine in the White House continue to a Master  congratulations card in the world transforms the country affordable Usher meaning

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