Why were people from lower castes drawn to Buddhism? The Buddhist belief in equality appealed to them.
Buddhism allowed people from all castes to participate.
People from the lower castes were born into Buddhism.
People in the lower castes wanted to choose their own religion.

because lower caste did not have the same  privileges as higher classes did in the caste did and were often mistreated so they often seeked out equality.

abraham lincoln, according to anyone who was connected with agriculture, represented the worst of northern politicians. shortly after lincoln was elected, south carolina seceded from the union. they along with other southern states, retained their anger. in a way, it was their own fault: the democrats were split in the south. some wanted slavery to be extended in other states that were about to join the union and some didn't want it badly enough. lincoln had a solid backing from his party: the republicans were united in not wanting slavery to be expanded.