What areas were affected by the spread of buddhism

Buddhism today has had a global impact with followers living and traveling around the world from the United States to Europe and Africa. However, Buddhism began and is most strongly rooted in Asia. Buddhism has had an enormous impact religiously and politically on South Asia and South East Asia in places such as India, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, and China. 

African americans at the time just came out of slavery and needed money to provide for there families. so they joined for the money mainly.