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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: Its judges can serve for life, Chooses the members of the Cabinet, Federal judges and courts, The House of Representatives, The President, Congress

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

Sort: The Senate, Commands the armed forces, Has nine justices, Makes the laws, Can veto a bill, Decides what laws mean

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

Sort: Can declare war, Decides how the national government spends money, Signs bills to make them laws, Lives and works in the White House, Is led by the Chief Justice, Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — The Three Branches

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Chooses the members of the Cabinet — Executive 2. Congress — Legislative 3. Federal judges and courts — Judicial 4. Its judges can serve for life — Judicial 5. The House of Representatives — Legislative 6. The President — Executive
  2. 2.1. Can veto a bill — Executive 2. Commands the armed forces — Executive 3. Decides what laws mean — Judicial 4. Has nine justices — Judicial 5. Makes the laws — Legislative 6. The Senate — Legislative
  3. 3.1. Can declare war — Legislative 2. Decides how the national government spends money — Legislative 3. Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law — Judicial 4. Is led by the Chief Justice — Judicial 5. Lives and works in the White House — Executive 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.