<span>What is NOT the function of political parties? Out of the four choices it's D designing the platform. This is the case because political parties do not design the platform the platform is already in place and has been used for many political races.</span>
The answer is c. amendments to the Constitution that would strengthen New England's political power
The United States sponsored the Contras because they were against the Sandinista government which was in place at the time in Nicaragua. The Sandinista government was a national reconstruction government, but it was a government that the United States viewed as communist. It came at the time where the United States was extremely weary of the Soviet Union and communist rule and a time when Reagan was president and his foreign policy was based very much on stopping opposing ideologies from gaining ground anywhere in the world.