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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: Decides how the national government spends money, Decides what laws mean, The President, Commands the armed forces, Has 100 senators, two from each state, Federal judges and courts

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

Sort: Can declare war, Signs bills to make them laws, Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law, Chooses the members of the Cabinet, Makes the laws, Decides if a law follows the Constitution

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

Sort: Its judges can serve for life, Votes on new laws, called bills, The Vice President, Carries out the laws, Is led by the Chief Justice, The Senate

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — The Three Branches

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Commands the armed forces — Executive 2. Decides how the national government spends money — Legislative 3. Decides what laws mean — Judicial 4. Federal judges and courts — Judicial 5. Has 100 senators, two from each state — Legislative 6. The President — Executive
  2. 2.1. Can declare war — Legislative 2. Chooses the members of the Cabinet — Executive 3. Decides if a law follows the Constitution — Judicial 4. Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law — Judicial 5. Makes the laws — Legislative 6. Signs bills to make them laws — Executive
  3. 3.1. Carries out the laws — Executive 2. Is led by the Chief Justice — Judicial 3. Its judges can serve for life — Judicial 4. The Senate — Legislative 5. The Vice President — 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.