What Does the "Putting-Out" System of the Nineteenth Century Refer

question 41

Multiple Choice

What does the "putting-out" system of the nineteenth century refer to?

• A) Indigent mothers putting newborns "out" to be taken in by orphanages and hospitals
• B) The process by which coal was burned to put out heat for steam engines
• C) The payment of factory workers according to the amount of goods they produced in a day
• D) Workers producing goods at home with raw materials supplied by outside contractors

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Definitions:

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