请各位英语大虾们帮我理解一下这句话的意思:

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请各位英语大虾们帮我理解一下这句话的意思:
Just before the Civil War,the Whig political party was making a last effort to remain a part of American political life.

就在内战以来,美国辉格党政党正在尽最后努力保持美国政治生活的一部分