The controversy and compromise Should California be admitted to the union as a free state?

Should Congress take a stand on the expansion of slavery into the New Mexico and Utah Territories to prevent a conflict like this from happening in the future?

Should slavery and the slave trade be allowed to continue in Washington D. C.?

Should Congress pass a strong fugitive slave law?

Develop a compromise that both the north and south can agree on that helps to settle each of these four controversial questions.