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Letting people in a territory decide if slavery would be allowed there.

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In 1854 the act let people in Kansas and Nebraska decide if slavery would be allowed there.

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A movement to ensure that native born Americans receive better treatment than immigrants.

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States have the rights to nullify acts of the federal government and even leave the union if they wish to do so.

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Ordered all citizens of the United States to assist in the return of enslaved people who had escaped form their owners.

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Proposing five separate laws two favored the north and two favored the south 1 Congress would admit California as a free sate. 2 The people of New Mexico and Utah would decide if slavery would be legal. 3 Congress would abolish the sale of Enslaved people in Washington,D.C. 4 Slavery would remain legal in Washington, D.C. 5 Fugitive Slave Act.