<span>The Legislative Branch to make the laws. Congress is made up of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Executive Branch to enforce the laws.</span>
Depending somewhat on the time-period in question, it was the "military" who often wielded a large amount of power and control, since they restricted many individual liberties.
The Homestead Act was a series of laws that were passed that allowed individuals and families to acquire federal land easily at little to no cost. This created an economic incentive for individuals to move Westward or to inhabit "empty" federal lands that had not been bought or were uncontrolled by other individuals. The goal was to create "homesteads" in uninhabited lands so that the lands would be populated by families and individuals.
The two key provisions of the Platt Amendment required:
- The concession of Cuban territory for American military and naval bases.
- The permission to the Americans to intervene in the island to preserve order, life, property, and liberty.
The Cuban Constitutional Convention acceded to the demands, and the amendment started to regulate Cuban‐American relations until it was abolished in 1934.
