Question

select the correct answer from each drop - down menu. read this paragraph about the end of the vietnam war. choose the correct way to complete each sentence. after years of fighting to hold back the north vietnamese army, the united states ended its direct involvement in the war in fighting continued between the north and south vietnamese, and the united states maintained a presence in the region. in north vietnamese closing in on, the us military began to evacuate american civilians and military personnel. south vietnamese citizens who had worked with the united states during the war. it became the largest helicopter evacuatic evacuating approximately 7,000 people.

Explanation:

To solve this, we recall the history of the Vietnam War. The United States ended its direct involvement in the Vietnam War with the Paris Peace Accords in 1973, but the fighting between North and South Vietnam continued. The fall of Saigon (when North Vietnamese closed in) was in 1975, but the key date for the US ending direct involvement and then the evacuation context: the correct year for the US ending direct fighting and then the situation leading to evacuation - the US ended direct involvement in 1973, but the North Vietnamese closing in and the evacuation (like Operation Frequent Wind) was around 1975, but the drop - down here likely has 1973 as the year when US ended direct involvement, but wait, the sentence structure: "After years of fighting to hold back the North Vietnamese Army, the United States ended its direct involvement in the war in [year], fighting continued between the North and South Vietnamese, and the United States maintained a presence in the region. In [later year], North Vietnamese closing in on [Saigon], the US military began to evacuate..." But the visible options are 1969, 1971, 1973. The US ended direct involvement in 1973 (Paris Peace Accords). So the correct year to fill in the blank is 1973.

Answer:

1973