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Union and Central Pasific Railroad actually met in Promontory, Utah, on May 10 1869 to create the first Transcontinental Railroad.
The Underground Railroad was a network of safe houses and secret routes used by slaves in the US to escape to the free states with the aid of the abolitionists during the 1800s. While not necessarily a key part to the official legal ending of slavery, it played a large part in freeing many slaves and offering those folks a chance at free life.
The Transcontinental Railroad began in San Francisco Bay area and ended in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where it connected to the existing Eastern U. S. rail network. The railroad opened for through traffic on May 10, 1869.
The transcontinental railroad opened the United States for travel and settlement in a way that no other transportation system was able to accomplish. This railroad allowed people and products to be moved from one end of the country to the other.