Significance Of Paris Peace Accords (1973)

Question 1

What did the peace accords give the USA a way to do?

Answer 1

Leave the war

Question 2

How did North and South Vietnam view the peace accords?

Answer 2

A brief ceasefire (the ‘peace’) while Americans withdrew

Question 3

How did the USA leave the ARVN badly supplied?

Answer 3

. USA reduced military funding
. Aid sent to S, Vietnamese was well below what Nixon promised

Question 4

What was the state of USA in Vietnam by 23rd March 1973?

Answer 4

Officially only 150 US marines in South Vietnam, guarding the US embassy.

Question 5

Why did the South Vietnamese economy collapse?

Answer 5

. Partly due to the large reduction in US aid
. Loss of income when Americans left

Question 6

How did the VC soon become strong in villages again?

Answer 6

Thieu didn’t make the governments more democratic or replace corrupt officials in villages

Question 7

What did North Vietnam do as they became impatient with Thieu’s refusal to negotiate?

Answer 7

Sent troops and supplies down the Ho Chi Minh trail and launched a new attack in December 1974. ARVN couldn’t cope and despite US assurance of help if South Vietnam was invaded Congress did nothing but allowed funding to evacuate US citizens

Question 8

When was the fall of Saigon?

Answer 8

April 30, 1975 - much sooner than expected