First one He hoped winning in the north would gain Europe support for the south
Well, Columbus never actually came to America. His ship made land in the Bahamas and Cuba. He thought these islands were Asian islands because the people of Spain were unaware of the Americas, and so he wanted gold. He returned to his country and came back with more men. And killed a lot of people.
Anyway, for the sake of the American education system, I'm assuming the word the teacher is wanting is something like "recognized".
Yes because you cannot establish credibility without a source that is experienced on the research topic. it would be like a janitor writing journals about brain surgery when he never went to school to get his doctorate degree and has no valid knowledge of the topic.
