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The Three Branches is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on what each branch of the US government does, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.5.3-5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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The Three Branches

D2.Civ.5.3-5

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Sort each one into the branch of the US government it belongs to.

1.Sort each one: Legislative or Executive or Judicial?

Sort: Lives and works in the White House, The Supreme Court, The President, The Senate, Is led by the Chief Justice, Decides how the national government spends money

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial
2.Sort each one: Legislative or Executive or Judicial?

Sort: Congress, Can declare war, Commands the armed forces, Its judges can serve for life, Decides if a law follows the Constitution, The Vice President

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial
3.Sort each one: Legislative or Executive or Judicial?

Sort: Votes on new laws, called bills, Federal judges and courts, Signs bills to make them laws, Has 100 senators, two from each state, Chooses the members of the Cabinet, Decides what laws mean

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — The Three Branches

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Decides how the national government spends money — Legislative 2. Is led by the Chief Justice — Judicial 3. Lives and works in the White House — Executive 4. The President — Executive 5. The Senate — Legislative 6. The Supreme Court — Judicial
  2. 2.1. Can declare war — Legislative 2. Commands the armed forces — Executive 3. Congress — Legislative 4. Decides if a law follows the Constitution — Judicial 5. Its judges can serve for life — Judicial 6. The Vice President — Executive
  3. 3.1. Chooses the members of the Cabinet — Executive 2. Decides what laws mean — Judicial 3. Federal judges and courts — Judicial 4. Has 100 senators, two from each state — Legislative 5. Signs bills to make them laws — Executive 6. Votes on new laws, called bills — Legislative

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.5.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.