The links in the starter template were linked wrong, jquery.min.js doesn't exist in the CSS only download, but jquery.js does, same with the what-input script, it does not have a min version in the CSS download, only a version without min. The file foundation.min.js exists but it is in the vendor folder, not directly in the js folder. After fixing these three links in the starter template, everything I try is now working as expected.
This starter template should link everything correctly so everything works. I actually was looking at other frameworks because I couldn't get all that I wanted to run working, this was why. I went back to my old Foundation code and everything is working perfectly. This template may just be old code from a previous version of foundation when the file structure was different.
This fix will help new people to this framework learn and stay with Foundation.