Deck 3: Chicago Area Street Gangs

Question 1

According to Asbury's research of Chicago gangs there is no recorded history of criminal activity until

A) 1900
B) 1875
C) 1860
D) 1833

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Gangs in early Chicago made use of the first military-style home invasions following the

A) Vietnam
B) Civil War
C) Revolutionary War
D) Mexican-American War

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The gangs of Chicago are typically aligned with either the Folk or __________ Nation

A) Familia
B) Crips
C) People
D) Godfather

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Barksdale and Derky began a gang in Chicago in 1960 called the

A) Devil's Disciples
B) Black Gangster Disciples
C) Gangster Nation
D) BGSN

Question 5

One of the initial gangs to join the Folk Nation in the late 1970's was

A) Gangster Nation
B) Black Gangster Disciples
C) Devil's Disciples
D) Bloods

Question 6

Hoover levied a "street tax" so that

A) Other gangs could align with their gang
B) Personal body guard privilege
C) Business owners could enjoy safety from other gangs
D) Other drug dealers could sell in the gang's territory

Question 7

What removed Hoover from an active leadership role of the Gangster Disciples in 1997?

A) Making an alliance with the People Nation
B) Federal conviction on drug dealing and RICO violations
C) Conspiracy to tap into government neighborhood development grants
D) Extortion and Blackmail by a subordinate

Question 8

The Chicago gang La Raza was originally part of the

A) Party People
B) Proud Gangsters
C) People Nation
D) Gangster Disciples

Question 9

La Raza maintains direct ties with

A) Mexican Mafia
B) NCLR
C) Los Zetas
D) MS-13

Question 10

Which gang was started among inmates at the Illinois Youth Center, St. Charles?

A) Belizean Bloods
B) Blackstone Rangers
C) Bishops
D) Fort Nation

Question 11

Jeff Fort's gang became politically active and was invited to which Presidents inaugural ball?

A) John F. Kennedy
B) Richard Nixon
C) Herbert Hoover
D) Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 12

Which gang formed the political group "The Grassroots Independent Voters of Illinois?"

A) Black P. Stone Nation
B) Main 21
C) Cobra Stones
D) People Nation

Question 13

After his incarceration in Leavenworth Fort's conversion to Islam lead him to change the gangs name to the

A) Main 21
B) Cobra Stones
C) El Rukn
D) Almighty Bishops

Question 14

In 1988 Fort was moved to the ADX Florence Superman prison in which state?

A) Illinois
B) Nebraska
C) Wisconsin
D) Colorado

Question 15

Which gang is known to be hierarchal with a structured organizational system?

A) Latin Brothers
B) Latin Kings
C) Latin Cannibals
D) Latin Angels