If you speak of a right-wing party, you are speaking of a group which holds liberal views true or false

it foreshadows the theme of the paragraph and hints the topic that will be discussed in the paragraph!

they had many gains 1 one freedom for slaves the major cause of the civil war is that the   north wanted freedom for slaves but the south didn; t creaitng the civil war

another gain they have is poltiical influence

poltiical influence is a big thing everywhere even now peoplle are always trying to get the head up in poltics thats what they did by giving the republicians a good name for freeing slaves