During the time period just before the civil war, do you think southern politicians concentrated more on influencing the house or senate

No, southern politician didn't concentrate more on influencing the house or the senate

Explanation:

Before the civil war, the southern politician just like the "The platform" were more interested in secession than influencing the house or the senate. in fact as soon as the war began, South Carolina senator became the first senator to support the confederacy.

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.