John Brown stirred up a lot of controversy with his attack on "Harper's" Ferry in Virginia
I believe the answers are going to be B and D
The Shang had a number of religious practices, one of which was veneration of dead ancestors; Shang people made sacrifices to and asked questions of their ancestors.
Ancient Chinese nobles sought to tell the future by writing on bone fragments or pieces of turtle shell and throwing those bones into a fire; the fortune seekers saw messages about the future in the cracks that formed.
Shang dynasty craftspeople mastered bronze, an alloy of copper and tin; bronze weapons gave Shang foot soldiers and charioteers a tactical advantage in combat.
Impeding - to delay or prevent by obstructing it/them.
so your answer is B. Obstructing; slowing down.