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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

NameDate

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

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

Sort: Decides if a law follows the Constitution, Decides what laws mean, Has 100 senators, two from each state, The Senate, The President, Commands the armed forces

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

Sort: Signs bills to make them laws, Federal judges and courts, Votes on new laws, called bills, Can veto a bill, Has nine justices, Makes the laws

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

Sort: Carries out the laws, Lives and works in the White House, Decides how the national government spends money, Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law, Congress, The Supreme Court

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — The Three Branches

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  1. 1.1. Commands the armed forces — Executive 2. Decides if a law follows the Constitution — Judicial 3. Decides what laws mean — Judicial 4. Has 100 senators, two from each state — Legislative 5. The President — Executive 6. The Senate — Legislative
  2. 2.1. Can veto a bill — Executive 2. Federal judges and courts — Judicial 3. Has nine justices — Judicial 4. Makes the laws — Legislative 5. Signs bills to make them laws — Executive 6. Votes on new laws, called bills — Legislative
  3. 3.1. Carries out the laws — Executive 2. Congress — Legislative 3. Decides how the national government spends money — Legislative 4. Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law — Judicial 5. Lives and works in the White House — Executive 6. The Supreme Court — Judicial

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