How Did the Middle Class Respond to Poverty, Slums, and Crime

How did the middle class respond to poverty, slums, and crime in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution?

A) The middle class largely ignored poverty and crime, ending most earlier reform movements.
B) The middle class was unconcerned because poverty and crime had declined.
C) The middle class concentrated on raising wages and giving the lower classes skilled jobs.
D) The middle class hoped to impose order on the lower classes and encouraged the rise of temperance movements.
E) The middle class often visited urban slums because novels such as Oliver Twist had romanticized them.