. >> january 1, 1915, special to mcclures magazine. that the nation is seeing the beginnings of a new freedom. a weakening of monopolies by the corrupt passages act, clayton antitrust act, workman's compensation, child labor laws. ♪ ♪ >> immigrant and sons of imglan factory workers. ♪ i'll bring you a hun and kaiser too and that is about all one fella can do ♪ ♪ i may not know what the war is about, but i bet by gosh i'll soon find out ♪ ♪ ohigh darling, don't you father, i'll bring you a gun for a souvenir ♪ ♪ >> u.s. army, dead and missing, 130,500. wu wounds, 234,300. u.s. steele, plot profits $2 b. depression and arising hysteria. in a single year, 61 murders by lynching. revolution in russia touching off panic at home. victims of the palmer raids, their houses ransacked without search warrants. 3,000 foreign born arrested, denied lawyer, held without charges for three months. in pittsburgh and gary, indiana it was a 12 hour day, take it or leave it. and you better take it if you know what's good for you. ♪ tell me what is a vigila