Round 4: Tossup 7

In this state, Wilson Shannon negotiated a truce to end the Wakarusa War. (15[3])The New England Emigrant Aid Company sent disguised rifles to this present-day state. (15[1])Many exodusters fled to this state after the Civil War, where (15[1])pro-slavery politicians tried to pass the illegitimate Lecompton Constitution. In response to the sacking of this state’s city of (*) Lawrence, five Border Ruffians were killed by a group led by John Brown at the Pottawatomie massacre. “Popular sovereignty” was instituted in an act named for Nebraska and this present-day state to solve the issue of slavery. For 10 points, name this "Bleeding" state whose capital is Topeka. ■END■

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