D- it increased federal intervention in the affairs of independent states
Following the Pullman strike companies appealing to the courts to issue orders against unions were usually "rewarded", since this strike largely turned American public opinion against large labor unions.
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The correct answer is answer C ("To condemn the policies of this predecessor").
In 1956, Nikita S. Khrushchev (a very important figure for the Soviet Union) gave his infamous speech at a closed congress session of the Communist Party. His purpose was to destroy the figure of Stalin by denouncing the abuse of power from the dictator (criticizing his policies of wide-spread mass terror in detail) and also condemn is ineffectiveness at defending the Union from the German Invasion.
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