World War 2 had a large impact on California, increasing racial segregation and banning Japanese immigration while also spurring military training across the state and boosting patriotism after Pearl Harbor. The war accelerated technological advancement in California, including the development of semiconductors and early computers that paved the way for Silicon Valley, as well as advances in genetics research and the founding of the Church of Scientology in Los Angeles in 1954.

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2. - The second WW began September 1st, 1939. America Fist rally held in CA.- The White California movement,increased racial segregation. In 1924 Japanese were no longer allowed to immigrate to U.S.- Military trainings began across CA, local impact of Pearl Harbor brought out patriotism.- Bay area = Army- Southern California = Navy and Marine corps.- Helped to break the racial, gender and ethnic barriers found in US.

3. - Technology advancements brought a new era to CA- The semiconductor was new science in WWII as a replacement for vacuum tubes as the transmission of electricity.- Computers filled the interests of the residents of the silicon valley.- Scientists were experimenting with the biological make up of life.- DNA based genetics studies, and early stages of cloning research.- Church of Scientology founded in L.A. in 1954 by L. Ron Hubbard