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According to Stephen H. Long, what was one benefit of "uninhabitable" Great Plains?
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According to Stephen H. Long, what was one benefit of "uninhabitable" Great Plains?

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It could act as a buffer zone to protect the U.S. from foreign attacks.
After his 1820 expedition he thought it would help protect against attacks from the Spanish British and Russians
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