Did the promise that tax cuts would result in a growing economy that would pay for any budget shortfalls come true during the reagan years?

No,Reagan's electoral campaign was carried out with an economic program that promised to reduce taxes. This type of economic plan has led to a huge deficit and a deep recession. Unemployment had reached its highest point since the Great Depression: 11.6 million Americans were out of work

the answer to number 5 is fort sumter

the soviet union wanted to impose communist governments in eastern europe.