Which article addresses ratification and states that the Constitution would take effect after it was ratified by nine states?

• A. Article V
• B. Article VIII
• C. Article VII
• D. Article IV

Answer: (C)

The idea being tested is how the Constitution was adopted and when it would take effect. The article that handles this establishes that the Constitution would be established among the states that ratified it, and that ratification by nine states was enough to bring it into force. This nine-state threshold is what lets the new framework begin without needing unanimous approval from all thirteen states. Understanding this makes clear why that article is the right one: it directly sets both the method of adoption and the point at which the new government would begin operating. The other topics in the choices relate to different parts of the document—amending it, or state-federal relations, or items not defining the ratification process—so they don’t address how ratification triggers effect.