The Turbulent 1910's (Central World)

The 1910s was the decade that started on January 1, 1910 and ended on December 31, 1919. It was the second decade of the 20th century.

Worldwide Trends
The 1910s represented the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the nineteenth century. The conservative lifestyles during the first half of the decade, as well as the legacy of military alliances, was forever changed by the assassination, on June 28, 1914, of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. The murder triggered a chain of events in which, within 30 days, World War I broke out in Europe. The conflict dragged on until a truce was declared on November 10, 1918, leading to the controversial, one-sided Treaty of Topkapi, which was signed on the June 28, 1919.

The war's end triggered the abdication of aging monarchies and the collapse of the last modern empires of Russia and most of the French Empire, with the first one being divided, in Poland, Finland, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus, Don Republic, Kuban's Poland Republic, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia.

The decade was also a period of revolution in a number of countries. Russia had a horrible fate. since World War I led to a collapse in morale as well as to economic chaos. This atmosphere encouraged the establishment of Bolshevism, which was later renamed as communism. The Russian Revolution of 1917, known as the October Revolution, immediately turned to Russian Civil War that dragged until approximately late 1920.

The United States entered in war with Mexico in 1914, which ended with an American victory and the annexation of 3 Mexican states to the United States.

Much of the music in these years was ballroom-themed. Many of the fashionable restaurants were equipped with dance floors. Prohibition in the United States began January 16, 1919, with the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S.Constitution.

Second Mexican-American War
In 1910, the 80-year-old Porfirio Díaz decided to hold an election for another term; he thought he had long since eliminated any serious opposition. However, Francisco I. Madero, an academic from a rich family, decided to run against him and quickly popular support, despite his arrest and by Díaz.

When the official election results were announced, it was declared that Díaz had won reelection almost unanimously, with Madero receiving only a few hundred votes in the entire country. This fraud by the Porfiriato was too blatant for the public to swallow, and riots broke out. On November 20, 1910, Madero prepared a document known as the Plan de San Luis Potosí, in which he called the Mexican people to take up weapons and fight against the Díaz government. Madero fleeing prison in a horse, is shot and killed.

Diaz's brutality soon lost him domestic support, and the Wilson Administration actively opposed his regime, for example the naval bombardment of Veracruz.

This bombardment caused Mexico to declare war on the, and start the Second Mexican-American War. When Diaz died in 1915, Victoriano Huerta was his successor, continuing the war. America being busy in their own lands, didn't enter in the First World War. Without help of USA, the Allied Powers are defeated in the Hundred Days Offensive, achieving a Central Powers Victory. Although America managed to have victory in North America, declaring its Manifest Destiny in the Mexican States of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León.