"The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a republican
form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and
on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature
cannot be convened), against domestic violence."- United States
Constitution, Article IV, Section 4 According to this excerpt, a goal of the
framers of the Constitution was to ensure that the United States *
1. provided for the common defense of every state
2. remained neutral during domestic conflicts involving the states
3. supported the right of each state to resist presidential decisions
4. approved a bill of rights to protect citizens from government tyranny