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No, most blacks did not leave the south after the civil war.
later in the war
The Federal Civil Defense Administration was a geovernment agency that was formed to protect the United States against the Soviet Union, its atomic attacks, and its Communist threats.
blacks (slaves)
After the Civil War was over, all was still not well. Everything that had been destroyed by the war had to be rebuilt, including the government in the South. Laws were passed to give equal rights to blacks, but blacks continued to be treated differently. Read more about Reconstruction, the time after the Civil War, when the country began to recover from the fighting. After the Civil War, it took over 100 years for blacks to have the same equal rights as whites. Three amendments to the U.S. Constitution helped blacks have the same opportunities as whites and have the same right to vote. The Reconstruction Acts were also part of this fight. These made the South give blacks their political rights.