Grade 8 World War II History Quiz | 20 Questions with Explanations US

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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20 Grade 8 WWII questions for US middle school history. 1939-1945 global conflict focus. 70% (14/20) to PASS! Leaders, battles, home front.

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#1. VE Day celebrated?

May 8, 1945

August 15, 1945

June 6, 1944

September 2, 1945

Explanation: Germany surrender (May 7). Europe Day victory celebrations.

#2. V-J Day (Victory Japan)?

Sept 2, 1945

Aug 6, 1945

Aug 15, 1945

June 15, 1945

Explanation: Emperor Hirohito broadcast surrender. Official aboard Missouri Sept 2.

#3. Battle of Bulge (1944-45): last German?

Battle of Hurtgen Forest

Operation Market Garden

Huertgen Forest

Ardennes offensive

Explanation: Hitler’s last counterattack. Bastogne “Nuts!” response. 89K US casualties.

#4. D-Day beaches included which (US sector)?

Sword

Gold/Juno

Omaha/Utah

Pointe du Hoc

Explanation: Operation Overlord (June 6, 1944). Omaha: heaviest casualties (2,400).

#5. Pacific “island hopping” strategy bypassed?

US supply lines

Allied bases

Japanese strongholds

Civilian islands

Explanation: MacArthur/Nimitz. Guadalcanal → Iwo Jima → Okinawa. Leapfrogged fortified atolls.

#6. Battle where Japan lost 4 carriers (June 1942)?

Coral Sea

Leyte Gulf

Midway

Guadalcanal

Explanation: US codebreakers (JN-25). Turning point Pacific. Nimitz victory.

#7. Italian dictator during WWII?

Francisco Franco

Adolf Hitler

Joseph Stalin

Benito Mussolini

Explanation: Il Duce. Fascist 1922-1943. Invaded Ethiopia (1935), allied Hitler.

#8. Yalta Conference “Big 3”: FDR, Churchill, ____?

Stalin

Truman

Mussolini

De Gaulle

Explanation: Feb 1945. Divided Germany, UN formation, Eastern Europe spheres.

#9. Japanese Americans forced relocation?

Military draft

Internment camps

Voluntary evacuation

Citizenship revoked

Explanation: Executive Order 9066 (FDR 1942). 120K Japanese-Americans. Korematsu v US (upheld).

#10. Operation Barbarossa targeted?

Britain

Balkans

Soviet Union

North Africa

Explanation: Hitler invaded USSR June 1941 (3M troops). Largest invasion history. Winter halted advance.

#11. WWII started when Germany invaded?

Soviet Union

France

Poland

Denmark

Explanation: Sept 1, 1939 blitzkrieg. Britain/France declared war Sept 3. Nazi-Soviet Pact (Aug 1939) enabled invasion.

#12. What was “Greatest Generation”?

WWII fighters/workers

Silent Generation

Baby Boomers

Millennials

Explanation: Tom Brokaw term. 16M served, Rosie Riveters (6M women workforce).

#13. FDR called US “_____ of Democracy” (1940)?

Arsenal

Leader

Fortress

Beacon

Explanation: Fireside Chat. Lend-Lease aid Britain ($50B total). Arsenal Democracy speech.

#14. Which speech: “Blood, toil, tears, sweat”?

Roosevelt Arsenal

Churchill

FDR Four Freedoms

Truman Doctrine

Explanation: May 13, 1940 PM speech. Defiance vs Nazi threat.

#15. Rationing poster icon: “We Can Do It!”?

Eagle

Rosie the Riveter

Uncle Sam

Paul Revere

Explanation: J. Howard Miller poster (1943). 6M women factory jobs. WWII home front symbol.

#16. Which US legislation banned arms sales to warring nations?

War Powers Act

Neutrality Acts

Lend-Lease

Selective Service

Explanation: 1935-1937: cash/carry only. Reflected isolationism post-WWI. Repealed post-Pearl Harbor.

#17. Tuskegee Airmen: segregated?

Marines

US Army Air Force

Navy pilots

Coast Guard

Explanation: 992 pilots (66 killed). Escorted bombers (no losses). P-51 Mustangs red tails.

#18. Holocaust “Final Solution” formalized?

Operation Barbarossa

Kristallnacht

Nuremberg Laws

Wannsee Conference

Explanation: Heydrich conference. Systematic genocide 6M Jews + 5M others.

#19. Axis leaders: Germany, Italy, ____?

France

Soviet Union

China

Japan

Explanation: Tripartite Pact (1940). Hitler, Mussolini, Hirohito. Expansion: Europe, Africa, Pacific.

#20. Germany surrendered to whom (May 7, 1945)?

Eisenhower

Zhukov

Patton

Montgomery

Explanation: Reims, France (SHAEF HQ). Keitel signed. Berlin already Soviet.

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Grade 8 WWII History Quiz | 20 Questions with Answers for US Students

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#1. VE Day celebrated?

#2. V-J Day (Victory Japan)?

#3. Battle of Bulge (1944-45): last German?

#4. D-Day beaches included which (US sector)?

#5. Pacific “island hopping” strategy bypassed?

#6. Battle where Japan lost 4 carriers (June 1942)?

#7. Italian dictator during WWII?

#8. Yalta Conference “Big 3”: FDR, Churchill, ____?

#9. Japanese Americans forced relocation?

#10. Operation Barbarossa targeted?

#11. WWII started when Germany invaded?

#12. What was “Greatest Generation”?

#13. FDR called US “_____ of Democracy” (1940)?

#14. Which speech: “Blood, toil, tears, sweat”?

#15. Rationing poster icon: “We Can Do It!”?

#16. Which US legislation banned arms sales to warring nations?

#17. Tuskegee Airmen: segregated?

#18. Holocaust “Final Solution” formalized?

#19. Axis leaders: Germany, Italy, ____?

#20. Germany surrendered to whom (May 7, 1945)?

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