Why did Southern states pass the Black Codes? A. to reduce discrimination against Black people В. to end the system of slavery C. to spread slavery to Union states D to maintain the old way of life​

D. To maintain the old ways

Explanation:

The black code was a way to assure the continuance of white supremacy. Remember southern state wanted slavery. They were upset they lose the war. The black code was slavery with a mask.

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explanation:

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.