How did gangs originate in america?

Answer 1

Different ways for different reasons. Gangs have almost always been made up of boys and young men. So, as far back as you need to go, young Indian men formed gangs to resist the white man's push inward and one-sided treaties.

But the origination of "gangs" in America as we think of them today probably originated in the American West soon after the end of the Civil War. Young Southern men left the war torn land they grew up on--angry, embittered young men. In the West, there were clashes between Northern and Southern resettlers. The Battle at the OK Corral, all 10 or 15 minutes of it, was one of them. It was only 20 or 30 years later that the city gangs came along--the Irish, the Jews, the Italians and so on. That's one way to answer your question. There are others.

Answer 2

I believe it is due to immigrants coming in. In New York when the Old Immigrants came in, the Irish, the Irish were fighting jobs with blacks for factory jobs. So the Irish aligned in the Catholic Churches and I dont' know if the blacks also aligned but then the Nativists party developed and they were a gang sorta. Well uhh, you could watch Gangs of New York to get the story and most of the historical reference is true. In California, after the civil war, there was a railroad being built. The workers were Chinese and Irish. The Irish wanted more pay for their work so Dennis Kearny started beating up the Chinese, but the Chinese would always beat the Irish in labor because the Chinese didn't complain about the wages so that's why the company liked Chinese workers.
Or you could consider colonial times the first time gangs developed in America, but America wasn't developed, they were colonies not a nation.

Answer 3

from what i know, gangs began with immigration and ghettos.
Especially in the cities where ethnic groups were separated and had their own areas or ghettos.
One big known first gangs was of course the Irish gangs, but for the most part each ghetto had a gang.
Also gangs grew rapidly during prohibition do to the money coming in, such as Al Capone (an Italian gang leader) and bugs morand (and Irish gang leader) who battled severely over money, territory, and other types of social vice.

Over the years gangs have changed and become more dangerous from using bats and clubs to machine guns and drive by shootings. Actions quickly went from smashing windows to killing.

I would look up immigrants, Irish ghettos, al Capone aka scar face, and the st. valentines massacre.

Hope this helped!

Answer 4

Most gangs came from california like ms 13 , 18th street , bloods , crips , pirus, asian boyz , trg. West created bangin' and the term "OG" first before anyone and most of the gangs in us cities today are from cali LA , they dont call it the gang capital for nothing

Answer 5

Criminal gangs? Youth gangs?

Everywhere people go, crime will follow. And where crime thrives, gangs thrive. The moment you have a large town, you'll have gangs. The only true original American development is prison gangs.

Answer 6

They came here from other places that already had them