Gangs in America’s Communities, Howell - Complete test bank - exam questions - quizzes (updated 2022)

Gangs in America’s Communities
James C. Howell
Elizabeth Griffiths
Chapter 1: History of Gangs in the United States

1. Which of the following is the name of the first New York City area gang with a clear
leadership structure?
@ Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: Pg. 2 ;
Question Type: MC

a. The Kerryonians
b. Rosanna Peers
*c. Forty Thieves
d. Bowery Boys

Type: MR
2. CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following were true of Thrasher’s “interstitial
areas” in Chicago?
@ Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: Pg. 5;
Question Type: MR

a. They were located in commercial zones.
*b. They were characterized by social disorganization.
*c. They were located outside residential zones.
d. They were populated mostly by Blacks.

3. Which of the following is NOT an example of an illicit economy, such as that which
emerged in the Robert Taylor Homes (RTH) in the 1970s?
@ Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Application; Answer Location: Pgs. 6-7;
Question Type: MC

*a. Babysitting
b. Drug dealing
c. Resale of stolen electronics
d. Prostitution

Type: MR
4. CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following historical events are examples of the
racial unrest between Blacks and Whites that in part led to development and expansion of
Black gangs?
@ Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: Pgs. 5, 6,
10, 11; Question Type: MR

,*a. The Great Migration
*b. The Civil War
c. The Sleepy Lagoon Murder
d. The Zoot Suit Riots

5. _______________ describes the political process that was formalized by the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo and mandated that Mexicans living in the Southwest become naturalized
US citizens.
@Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension ; Answer Location: Pg. 9;
Question Type: MC

a. Secession
b. Immigration
*c. Annexation
d. Colonization

6. The intensive bonding to “barrios” among Latin Americans is distinctive to the
_________region of the United States.
@ Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: Pg. 9; Question
Type: MC

a. Northeast
b. South
*c. West
d. Midwest

7. The Zoot Suit Riots reflect the ________ of Blacks and Latinos in the 1940s.
@ Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Application; Answer Location: Pg. 10;
Question Type: MC

a. liberation
b. employment
c. imprisonment
*d. stigmatization

8. Which of the following is NOT an example of institutional inequality, such as was
experienced by Blacks moving to Los Angeles from the South in the 1920s?
@ Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Application ; Answer Location: Pg. 10;
Question Type: MC

a. Dilapidated housing
b. Low wages
c. Restrictive housing covenants

,*d. Sentencing disparities

9. ____________ was a key feature of the conditions that catalyzed gang formation among
Blacks in Los Angeles in BOTH the 1940s and the 1970s:
@ Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension ; Answer Location: Pg. 10 ;
Question Type: MC

a. Residential segregation
b. Police brutality
*c. Racially based violence
d. Unemployment

10. CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY. In which of the following regions are the presence of
transnational gangs NOT pronounced?
@ Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Application ; Answer Location: Pgs. 12, 18;
Question Type: MS

*a. Northeast
b. South
c. West
*d. Midwest

11. In Los Angeles, _________ gangs have seemed to attracted the most attention among Asian
gangs for their unique structure and activity.
@ Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: Pg. 12;
Question Type: MC

a. Cambodian
*b. Vietnamese
c. Filipino
d. Chinese

Type: MR
12. CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY. In what Southern cities did gang-related homicides make up
20% of all homicides between 1996 and 2009?
@ Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: Pg. 14;
Question Type: MR

a. New Orleans
*b. Houston
*c. Atlanta
d. San Antonio

, 13. The __________________was responsible for most drastically increasing the number and
diversity of new immigrants entering the United States since the 19th century.

a. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
b. Second World War
c. National Quota System
*d. Immigration and Naturalization Act
Learning objective: N/A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Pg. 14
Question Type: MC

14. Which of the following is NOT an example of “defensive loyalism”?
@ Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Application; Answer Location: Pg. 15;
Question Type: MC

a. Patrols of neighborhoods
b. The organization of a Saturday afternoon baseball game
*c. Gang initiation
d. Issuing loans to residents

15. All of the following are examples of stages in the “cycle of violence” that typifies much
gang behavior except ____________.
@ Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Analysis; Answer Location: Pg. 16; Question
Type: MC

a. members having loose bonds to the gang
*b. the recognition of threat from someone within the gang
c. the occurrence of a mobilizing event
d. the gang becoming more alert and cohesive

16. ____________ implies that gang members have different standards of conduct than non-
gang members, which are often displayed during “cycles of violence.”
@ Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: Pg. 16;
Question Type: MC

a. Mutual acceptance
b. Assimilation
c. The Zoot Suit Riots
*d. The code of the streets

Type: MR