________ laws prohibited the mixing of racial groups through marriage, cohabitation, or sexual contact.

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Anti-miscegenation laws were laws that discriminated against interracial marriage, cohabitation, and sexual contact, and were enforced in many states in the United States until the late 20th century. Reconstruction laws were designed to rebuild the South after the Civil War, and did not address issues of racial segregation. Common law refers to the legal system based on court decisions rather than written laws or codes. Jim Crow laws were a system of racial segregation that were enforced in the South from the late 19th century until the mid-1960s, but they did not specifically address interracial marriage or relationships.

________ Laws Prohibited the Mixing of Racial Groups Through Marriage