How did the platt amendment make independent nation of cuba a protectorate of the united states

At the end of the Spanish-American war in 1901, the Platt Amendment was passed, this amendment stipulated the conditions for the withdrawal of American troops from the island of Cuba.

This amendment was an essential factor between the relations of the United States and Cuba, it basically meant that Cuba would regain its sovereignty but the United States reserve the right to intervene and assert its power.

Under these stipulations Cuba became more of a protectorate of the United States rather than a fully sovereign country.

i do believe its (d) it allowed the government to offer pioneers sixty acres of western land if they lived on it and made improvements to it.

explanation: signed into law in may 1862, the homestead act opened up settlement in the western united states, allowing any american, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. by the end of the civil war, 15,000 homestead claims had been established, and more followed in the postwar years

letter a is the answer