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As quickly as a ____ captures a scene, an image can grab hold of our emotions.

Through speech or written text, ____ can be difficult to convey a complex message quickly.

Yet photographs can change people’s hearts and minds ____ an instant.

And when the magic of photography sparks an ____ reaction in a great number of people, it can change history.

In the 1880s, industry began to grow rapidly along the ____ River in the city of Cleveland.

This industrial growth provided steady jobs to people in ____ area.

Meanwhile, ____ mills and factories started dumping large amounts of waste into the river.

Although the river became polluted, most people ____ regarded this as a sign of the area’s economic success.

In June 1969, the polluted river ____ fire.

The likely cause was a burning flare falling from a train, which set fire to oil-soaked waste beneath a ____

At ____ time, few people in Cleveland cared.

This was because fires had been recorded on the Cuyahoga more than ten times before, and some ____ them had been much worse.

However, it ____ long before the 1969 fire became famous.

This was thanks to an article published in Time magazine that ____

The article featured a ____ photograph of flames and smoke rising from the river.

But this was not ____ photograph of the 1969 fire, which was put out so quickly that nobody took a picture of it.

In fact, it was a picture of a much worse fire that had occurred on ____ river several years earlier.

Still, the image ____ a great impact on people.

Around ____ time, the attitudes of Americans toward environmental problems were starting to change.

More and more people were becoming aware of the need to protect the environment, and the shocking image ____ the burning river sparked public anger about water pollution.

As a result, the Cuyahoga River ____ of 1969 became a symbol of pollution.

A national environmental awareness ____ was held on April 22, 1970, which later became known as the first Earth Day.

And in 1972, national water quality ____ were established with the passage of the Clean Water Act.

In the 19th ____ the Industrial Revolution led to a dramatic increase in factory production in the United States.

The demand for workers increased, and many ____ positions were filled by children.

____ 1900, about twenty percent of all children in the United States were employed, and some of those working in factories were only four years old.

The work was difficult and dangerous, leaving ____ child laborers with health problems.

Factory ____ turned to child labor for several reasons.

For example, ____ could be paid less than adult workers.

They were ____ less likely to go on strike.

Lewis Hine, a teacher and photographer, ____ to reveal how cruel this system was.

So he quit his teaching job and started to work for the National Child Labor Committee ____ an investigative photographer.

He gained access to factories by pretending ____ have different jobs like insurance agent or fire inspector.

____ inside, he would photograph the children working there.

____ would also ask their names and ages and record information about their living and working conditions.

From 1908 ____ 1912, he secretly gathered information and took photographs to expose factory owners who were taking advantage of helpless children.

Hine’s photographs captured young children doing all sorts ____ jobs.

These included picking vegetables, ____ baskets, and even handling dangerous equipment.

What is more, the children’s faces showed the ____ impact of hard labor.

When people saw the children’s joyless expressions, they could not ____ but feel heartbroken.

The pictures were ____ shown in exhibitions, lectures, magazine articles, and so on.

As a result, the public realized just how serious the ____ was.

Soon, many ____ passed stronger laws to ban the employment of children.

In 1938, the United States Congress passed an act that made it illegal for children under sixteen to ____ in factories during school hours.

These examples show that photographs can bring meaningful change ____ society.

____ prove that, sometimes, a picture truly is worth a thousand words.