Timeline

1810–1899 ∼ State Jurisdiction of Justice

New Orleans forms police force to control slavery (early 1800s) / Boston (1838) and New York (1844) form police departments / Michigan abolishes capital punishment (1847) / States enact statutory rape laws (1890s) / First federal prison (1891) / Scotland Yard demonstrates fingerprinting at the St. Louis Worlds Fair (1904) / Labor violence (1877–1907)

MILESTONES: Oregon is established as a white homeland, forcing blacks to leave (1844) • Fugitive Slave Law requires whites to return runaway slaves (1850) • Women in Montana gain the right to sue, enter into contracts, and serve on juries (1870) • Fifteenth Amendment declares all men eligible to vote without regard to color (1870) • Sioux Indians Slaughter Custer’s men at Little Bighorn (1876)

1900–1919 ∼ Federalizing Crime

Nine states abolish or sharply limited the death penalty (1907–1917) / Federal Bureau of Investigation established (1908) / Photos used to catch speeders in N.Y. City (1909) / Mann Act makes it...