Understanding the Interstate Commerce Commission: A Quiz on Regulations and Historical Impact Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

it was said of Interstate Commerce Commissioner Judson C. Clements that no opinion ever written by him had been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.

in 1970, George M. Stafford became the first presidentially-appointed Interstate Commerce Commission chair, 83 years after it was formed.

the U.S. Senate confirmed Winthrop M. Daniels as an I.C.C. commissioner by 36–27 after some opposing Democrats voted in favor so as not to offend President Woodrow Wilson by rejecting his friend.

until U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt named him to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Edgar E. Clark had served for 16 years as Grand Chief Conductor of the Order of Railway Conductors.

while a professor at the University of Wisconsin, future I.C.C. commissioner Balthasar H. Meyer taught what was said to be the first course in insurance in the U.S..

in 1892, future I.C.C. commissioner Henry C. Hall was journeying to California for his health, but stopped off in Colorado and liked it so much he settled there.

in 1890–91, Wheelock G. Veazey served simultaneously as an Interstate Commerce Commissioner and as Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Interstate Commerce Commissioner John H. Marble died in 1913 following an attack of acute indigestion after only eight months in office.

Interstate Commerce Commissioner Walter L. Bragg died after suffering from the effects of Civil War wounds, a quarter century after the war ended.

before becoming an ICC commissioner, James D. Yeomans helped manage two railroads and ran a stock farm.

before his political career, future Interstate Commerce Commissioner Charles A. Prouty worked at an observatory until he returned home to Vermont due to ill health.

I.C.C. Commissioner John J. Esch was accused of switching his vote in a case to secure renomination by President Coolidge and the Senate refused his confirmation, 39–29.

Understanding the Interstate Commerce Commission: A Quiz on Regulations and Historical Impact

1 The ICC's original purpose was to regulate railroads (and later trucking) to ensure fair rates, to eliminate rate discrimination, and to regulate other aspects of ________.

2 Union Pacific Railroad; ________

3 ________; Rutland Railroad; Virginian Railway; Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad

4 June 5, 1950 - In Henderson v. United States, the ________ rules to abolish segregation of reserved tables in railroad dining cars.

5 Missouri Pacific Railroad; Texas and Pacific Railway; Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway; ________; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad; Western Pacific Railroad; Fort Smith and Western Railroad

6 September 23, 1961 - Interstate Commerce Commission, at ________’s insistence, issues new rules ending discrimination in interstate travel.

7 Congress passed various ________ measures in the 1970s and 1980s.

8 Boston and Maine Railroad; Maine Central Railroad; ________; Delaware and Hudson Railroad

9 ________; Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway; Grand Trunk Western Railway

10 May 4, 1961 - The first Freedom Ride leaves Washington D.C. with nominal scheduled destination of New Orleans, only to encounter mob violence in ________.

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