What role does the president play in the organization of a party? . . athe president’s role for a major party is not as important as that of party leaders. b the president and his staff organize the national convention for their party. c the president directs the party’s headquarters in washington, d. c. d the president’s leadership makes a party more organized than the other major party. . a

How did most southern politicians of the 1860s feel about the issue of slavery? a) they supported slavery in current states, but were against its expansion into new states. b) they wanted to preserve slavery and supported its spread into new states. c) they wanted to prohibit the spread of slavery into new states and territories. d) they supported the emancipation of enslaved people in all states and new territories.