To begin with, a political machine is an organization in which an organization gains support via promising rewards to those who keep them in power. It's designed to keep a particular group in power by promising favors. Typically, immigrants who first arrived here were impoverished, so political machines became so successful because they would promise to set immigrants up with homes or jobs or food so long as they had their vote.
So in short:
Who: Organizations whose main goals were getting and keeping power.
What: They essentially bribed immigrants for their votes.
Why: Political Machines did this to stay in power.
The term Ursulines<span> refers to a number of </span>religious institutes<span> of the </span>Catholic Church<span>. The best known group was founded in 1535 at </span>Brescia<span>, Italy, by St. </span>Angela <span>, for the </span>education of girls<span> and the care of the sick and needy. Their </span>patron saint<span> is </span>Saint Ursula<span>. They are divided into two branches, the monastic </span>Order of St. Ursula<span> among whom the largest organization are the </span>Ursulines of the Roman Union<span>, described in this article. The other branch is the </span>Company of St. Ursula<span>, who follow the original form of life established by their foundress. </span>
