Outwork, also known as the putting-out system, was a manufacturing system where merchants or employers distributed raw materials to individuals, usually in their homes, and paid them to process the materials into finished products. This system was common before the Industrial Revolution and allowed merchants to bypass guild restrictions.

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Outwork Was

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Outwork was

A) any employment that required you to be outside.
B) the process of coloring cloth.
C) a manufacturing system where a merchant distributed raw materials to individuals and paid them to make a finished product.
D) a new manufacturing process where raw materials were distributed to specific factories for production.
E) the new urban sanitation movement that transformed American cities in the 1830s.

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