Republican party should be correct...
That is because Algeria had millions of French citizens on its soil. They wanted to keep a close eye on these people and needed to fight nationalists who wanted to get Algerian independence while often harming French people, so they decided to keep Algeria a colony in order to monitor these people and protect them.
The most likely theme to be found in a medieval ballad would be A - the battle of good versus evil. Medieval ballads often focused on struggles where the good would have to defeat the evil; angels defeating satan; a good and charming prince defeating an evil and usurping force, etc.
Answer:
The attack on Pearl Harbor naval base by the Japanese Empire
