Passed by congress during the lincoln administration, this law permitted settlers to buy a plot of 160 acres of land for a small fee if they agreed to occupy and improve it for five years; this law was instrumental in drawing settlers onto western lands:

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legislative branch:

one of the three branches of government divided between the senate and the house of representatives.

- creates or makes laws

- power to override a veto

executive branch:

one of the three branches of government, headed by the president.

- enforces or carries out laws

- power to veto a bill sent to it by congress

judicial branch:

one of the three branches of government, headed by the chief justice of the supreme court.

- interprets laws

- power to declare laws or actions by the government unconstitutional