Use the excerpt below to answer the question that follows. The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are
few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous
and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war,
peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce . . .. The powers reserved to the several
states will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern
the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement
and prosperity of the State.

—James Madison, The Federalist Papers, No.45, January 1788
James Madison would most likely agree with which statement?
Select one:

The Constitution gives most of the power over foreign policy to the states.

The Constitution takes away too much power from the state governments.

The Constitution divides power fairly between the federal and state governments.

The Constitution leaves the powers of the federal and state governments unclear.