Low-paid New York workers rioted against the Union draft in 1863 because it was unfair to them. Why did this riot happen? Wealthy people were exempt from the draft. Wealthy people could buy their way out of the draft. Wealthy people could pay poorer people to join in their place.

B

Explanation: Wealthy people could buy their way out of the draft.

lincoln presided over the union victory in the american civil war, which dominated his presidency. a former whig, lincoln ran on a political platform opposed to the expansion of slavery in the territories. his election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the american civil war.