Transparency, or clear and public access to operations within government institutions, is important for providing which of the following selections? select one: a. accountability b. gossip c. column inches d. corruption

b.   jim crow laws were enacted in northern states.

freedom of speech is also protected by the 1 amendment.

explanation:

here is pretty much what the 1st amendment says:

congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.