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Google says: "Between 1950 and 1989, approximately 73,000 people immigrated to the United States from Yugoslavia"

I couldn't find any statistics of Americans leaving for Yugoslavia.

Were they allowed to leave?

Usually the sign of the fairest and most humane systems of government and economy is when people get shot in the back by border guards if they try to escape.

Generally yes. Unlike Soviet occupied Eastern Europe, most regular people in Yugoslavia were able to obtain passports and travel internationally. There were some people barred from leaving or held as political prisoners.

Yes. The Yugoslav passport was the strongest in the world at the time - the only one you could freely travel both West and East with.

Ever been to Cleveland or Pittsburgh or Chicago or Long Beach?