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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: The Senate, Lives and works in the White House, Decides how the national government spends money, Carries out the laws, Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law, Federal judges and courts

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

Sort: Commands the armed forces, The President, The House of Representatives, Decides what laws mean, Has nine justices, Votes on new laws, called bills

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

Sort: Its judges can serve for life, Signs bills to make them laws, Can veto a bill, Congress, Decides if a law follows the Constitution, Makes the laws

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — The Three Branches

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  1. 1.1. Carries out the laws — Executive 2. Decides how the national government spends money — Legislative 3. Federal judges and courts — Judicial 4. Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law — Judicial 5. Lives and works in the White House — Executive 6. The Senate — Legislative
  2. 2.1. Commands the armed forces — Executive 2. Decides what laws mean — Judicial 3. Has nine justices — Judicial 4. The House of Representatives — Legislative 5. The President — Executive 6. Votes on new laws, called bills — Legislative
  3. 3.1. Can veto a bill — Executive 2. Congress — Legislative 3. Decides if a law follows the Constitution — Judicial 4. Its judges can serve for life — Judicial 5. Makes the laws — Legislative 6. Signs bills to make them laws — Executive

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