The Compromise balanced sectional interests by enacting the following:
- California was admitted to the Union as a free state
- The New Mexico and Utah territories were to decide the question issue by relying on "popular sovereignty," allowing the actual settlers to vote on the issue
- Texas lost the New Mexico territory, but received $10 million from the federal government for its loss
- The slave trade in the District of Columbia was abolished
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