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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: Can declare war, Can veto a bill, Its judges can serve for life, Chooses the members of the Cabinet, Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law, The Senate

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

Sort: Decides if a law follows the Constitution, The President, Makes the laws, Lives and works in the White House, Federal judges and courts, Votes on new laws, called bills

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

Sort: Congress, Has nine justices, The Vice President, Decides what laws mean, Commands the armed forces, Has 100 senators, two from each state

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — The Three Branches

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Can declare war — Legislative 2. Can veto a bill — Executive 3. Chooses the members of the Cabinet — Executive 4. Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law — Judicial 5. Its judges can serve for life — Judicial 6. The Senate — Legislative
  2. 2.1. Decides if a law follows the Constitution — Judicial 2. Federal judges and courts — Judicial 3. Lives and works in the White House — Executive 4. Makes the laws — Legislative 5. The President — Executive 6. Votes on new laws, called bills — Legislative
  3. 3.1. Commands the armed forces — Executive 2. Congress — Legislative 3. Decides what laws mean — Judicial 4. Has 100 senators, two from each state — Legislative 5. Has nine justices — Judicial 6. The Vice President — Executive

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