History Questions

Soviet Cosmonaut ___ _____ became the first man in space in April 1961

___ ___ was the first man to orbit the earth in Feb, 1962

____ ___ became the first American in space in May, 1961

President Kennedy supported a failed attempt to invade the Cuban ___ ___ ____ in order to overthrow dictator ___ ____ in April, 1961

US forces begin Operation Iraqi Freedom to remove _____ _____ from power and eliminate Iraqi WMDs

In August 1974, Nixon resigns before he can be impeached after the ______ break-in coverup

____ becomes first black president of the US

Reagan survived an assassination attempt in March, 1981 by ___ ____ ___

______ ___ _____ was located and killed by Navy SEALs in Pakistan, May 2011

US began a program called the _____________ or "Star Wars", which would theoretically be able to shoot down Soviet Missiles

US forces begin Operation ______ Freedom in Oct. 2001 by invading _______ to destroy Al Qaeda and topple Taliban govt.

Iranian students (encouraged by Ayatollah Khomeni) storm US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, holding 52 Americans hostage for _____ days, those of which were released minutes after Reagan took office in 1981

Reagan instituted massive economic reforms called _______, which helped in reducing unemployment and inflation

US sends 225,000 troops to Saudi Arabia after Iraq invades Kuwait in August 1990, known as Operation _____ _____(began in Jan. '91 successfully)

The Space shuttle program began with Columbia 1981, the _____ exploded during takeoff

In June 1972, _____ members organized a break-in o the hq of the Dem. National committee at the watergate complex

On September 11, 2001, ___ _____ hijacked planes to crash into the twin towers and the pentagon

______ _______ began political and economic reforms in the Soviet Union 1985 that would bring about the collapse of the USSR

____ ____ is elected in 1968, promising to end the Vietnam war

President Kennedy is assassinated in ____,____ on November 22, 1963 by ___ ____ _____