The Czechs referred to their overthrow of the Communists in the autumn of 1989 as a "velvet" revolution because:
A) the overthrown Communist leaders wore uniforms trimmed with velvet.
B) blue velvet was the symbol of the Czech democratic forces.
C) it took place smoothly and without bloodshed.
D) red velvet symbolized the blood of the martyred Czech freedom fighters.
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