Facts and Questions from "Democracy in America"

Facts:

1. The Constitution delegated few powers to the government, and most to the states.
2. Gray wolves were brought to Yellow Stone National Park in 1973, after the Endangered Species Act was passed.
3. Farmers believed dogs and wolves were a threat to people. 
4. The people of Idaho wanted to remove wolves from their State because they've killed their livestock and deer.
5. All citizens of the United States have a say about public land.
6. Idaho must create a plan of what to do with the wolves and the wolves must have a "stable" population, before they are to be removed from the state of Idaho.
7. The government would use the "stick approach," where the states would be forced to do what the government tells them or else state funds would be set back.
8. South Carolina refused to have a standard blood-alcohol concentration law because they enjoyed being able to live in a place where they have these freedoms; if they didn't create this law, however, their highway funds would be taken away.
9. Other citizens of South Carolina (and of other states) wanted a national standard of .08 being the legal limit as a blood-alcohol concentration law.
10. In the past, poverty was dealt with by the communities; however Franklin Roosevelt proposed the New Deal and helped the poor.

Questions:

1. Did people in Idaho ever move/think of moving to get away from the wolves?
2. Would it be against the government's morals to bribe/threaten a state?
3. How might states be "rewarded" for doing what Washington asks?
4. Should the people have a say in what to do with the endangered species?
5. What made the government suddenly want to help the poor, since they didn't really help before?
6. How does the government determine the standards for the poverty line?
7. Is there a state that is considered to have 'the most' poor people?
8. What factors may cause states to have more or less poor people?
9. How did the people of South Carolina feel when the government threatened to take away their highway funds?
10. What would the people of South Carolina do with the wolves in their state? Did they just want to extinguish/kill all of them?