Which article deals with the ratification of the Constitution?

• A. Article 3
• B. Article 4
• C. Article 5
• D. Article 7

Answer: (D)

Article seven lays out how the Constitution would be ratified and take effect. It says the Constitution would become binding once nine states ratified it in conventions, not through their legislatures. This threshold—nine states—allowed adoption to proceed even while some states hesitated, and it set the mechanism for the new framework to go into operation among the ratifying states. The other articles have different purposes: one organizes the judiciary, another describes the relationship among states and the federal government, and another explains how amendments can be proposed and ratified. So the article that explains the ratification process is the one that specifies how and when the Constitution becomes law.