What was the significance of the transcontinental railroad?

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It helped to lower business prospects in California.
It helped to lower business prospects in California.

It led to the Homestead Act.
It led to the Homestead Act.

It was a provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
It was a provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1875.

It provided a commercial link between the East and the West.

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The significance of the transcontinental railroad was that it provided a commercial link between the East and the West.