When African Americans joined a protest movement because it was harder for them to vote than it was for white Americans,they were acting out of:
A) contentedness.
B) relative mobility.
C) relative deprivation.
D) deprived rationality.

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The concept of relative deprivation refers to the feeling of being deprived compared to others in your reference group. In this case, African Americans were deprived of their fundamental right to vote, while white Americans who were their reference group had it easier to vote. Therefore, they were motivated to join the protest movement due to their relative deprivation.

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