Grade 8 WWII History Quiz | 20 Questions with Answers for US Students
Grade 8 World War II HIstory Quiz! 20 middle school questions: Germany Poland 1939 start, Pearl Harbor 1941, D-Day Overlord Normandy, Stalingrad Eastern turning point, Manhattan atomic bomb, VE VJ Days.
8th Grader World War II History Practice Questions with Answers
Middle school Grade 8 WWII quiz: Poland invasion Sept 1939 start, Pearl Harbor Dec 1941 US entry, D-Day June 6 1944 Overlord, Stalingrad 1943 Soviet victory, Manhattan Project Trinity test, Rosie Riveter home front!
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#1. Italian dictator during WWII?
Explanation:Â Il Duce. Fascist 1922-1943. Invaded Ethiopia (1935), allied Hitler.
#2. Rationing poster icon: “We Can Do It!”?
Explanation:Â J. Howard Miller poster (1943). 6M women factory jobs. WWII home front symbol.
#3. Axis leaders: Germany, Italy, ____?
Explanation:Â Tripartite Pact (1940). Hitler, Mussolini, Hirohito. Expansion: Europe, Africa, Pacific.
#4. Tuskegee Airmen: segregated?
Explanation:Â 992 pilots (66 killed). Escorted bombers (no losses). P-51 Mustangs red tails.
#5. V-J Day (Victory Japan)?
Explanation:Â Emperor Hirohito broadcast surrender. Official aboard Missouri Sept 2.
#6. Battle where Japan lost 4 carriers (June 1942)?
Explanation:Â US codebreakers (JN-25). Turning point Pacific. Nimitz victory.
#7. What was “Greatest Generation”?
Explanation:Â Tom Brokaw term. 16M served, Rosie Riveters (6M women workforce).
#8. Which US legislation banned arms sales to warring nations?
Explanation:Â 1935-1937: cash/carry only. Reflected isolationism post-WWI. Repealed post-Pearl Harbor.
#9. Battle of Bulge (1944-45): last German?
Explanation:Â Hitler’s last counterattack. Bastogne “Nuts!” response. 89K US casualties.
#10. FDR called US “_____ of Democracy” (1940)?
Explanation:Â Fireside Chat. Lend-Lease aid Britain ($50B total). Arsenal Democracy speech.
#11. Operation Barbarossa targeted?
Explanation:Â Hitler invaded USSR June 1941 (3M troops). Largest invasion history. Winter halted advance.
#12. VE Day celebrated?
Explanation:Â Germany surrender (May 7). Europe Day victory celebrations.
#13. Holocaust “Final Solution” formalized?
Explanation:Â Heydrich conference. Systematic genocide 6M Jews + 5M others.
#14. Japanese Americans forced relocation?
Explanation:Â Executive Order 9066 (FDR 1942). 120K Japanese-Americans. Korematsu v US (upheld).
#15. Yalta Conference “Big 3”: FDR, Churchill, ____?
Explanation:Â Feb 1945. Divided Germany, UN formation, Eastern Europe spheres.
#16. Which speech: “Blood, toil, tears, sweat”?
Explanation: May 13, 1940 PM speech. Defiance vs Nazi threat.
#17. Pacific “island hopping” strategy bypassed?
Explanation: MacArthur/Nimitz. Guadalcanal → Iwo Jima → Okinawa. Leapfrogged fortified atolls.
#18. WWII started when Germany invaded?
Explanation:Â Sept 1, 1939 blitzkrieg. Britain/France declared war Sept 3. Nazi-Soviet Pact (Aug 1939) enabled invasion.
#19. Germany surrendered to whom (May 7, 1945)?
Explanation:Â Reims, France (SHAEF HQ). Keitel signed. Berlin already Soviet.
#20. D-Day beaches included which (US sector)?
Explanation:Â Operation Overlord (June 6, 1944). Omaha: heaviest casualties (2,400).