If anyone opens his ditches to water his crop, but is careless, and the water floods the field of his neighbor, then he shall pay his neighbor corn for his loss. 1. How do you think we handle this case today?

2. Why do you think this law is needed?

3. What would happen if this law did not exist?

Me! these questions are based on american people in the south essential questions: question 1: for what reasons will one group of people exploit another? focus questions: question 1: what influenced the development of the south more: geography, economy, or slavery? question 2: what were the economic, political and social arguments for and againsts slavery in the first half of the 19th century.