What agreement ended U.S. involvement in Vietnam in 1973?

• A. Paris Peace Accords
• B. Geneva Accords
• C. Vietnamization
• D. Tet Offensive

Answer: (A)

Paris Peace Accords formalized the end of U.S. combat involvement in Vietnam in 1973. Negotiated in Paris between the United States, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and the Viet Cong’s PRG, they produced a cease-fire across Vietnam and a timetable for withdrawing American troops. They also included provisions for the return of prisoners of war and a framework for political arrangements to decide Vietnam's future, though they did not finalize reunification or stop fighting altogether—the fighting continued after the withdrawal, culminating in 1975 with the fall of Saigon. The alternatives belong to earlier moments or different ideas: the Geneva Accords were a 1954 settlement aimed at ending the First Indochina War and partitioning the country, not about the 1973 withdrawal; the Tet Offensive was a 1968 campaign; Vietnamization was Nixon's policy to shift combat roles to South Vietnam rather than an agreement.