Identify the key positions on civil liberties taken at the Constitutional Convention.

What Are Civil Liberties?

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Define civil liberties and civil rights

Describe the origin of civil liberties in the U.S. context

Identify the key positions on civil liberties taken at the Constitutional Convention

Explain the Civil War origin of concern that the states should respect civil
liberties