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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: Makes the laws, Can declare war, Has nine justices, Decides if a law follows the Constitution, The President, Lives and works in the White House

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

Sort: Decides how the national government spends money, Its judges can serve for life, Can veto a bill, Federal judges and courts, The House of Representatives, The Vice President

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

Sort: Is led by the Chief Justice, Signs bills to make them laws, Votes on new laws, called bills, Decides what laws mean, Has 100 senators, two from each state, Carries out the laws

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — The Three Branches

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Can declare war — Legislative 2. Decides if a law follows the Constitution — Judicial 3. Has nine justices — Judicial 4. Lives and works in the White House — Executive 5. Makes the laws — Legislative 6. The President — Executive
  2. 2.1. Can veto a bill — Executive 2. Decides how the national government spends money — Legislative 3. Federal judges and courts — Judicial 4. Its judges can serve for life — Judicial 5. The House of Representatives — Legislative 6. The Vice President — Executive
  3. 3.1. Carries out the laws — Executive 2. Decides what laws mean — Judicial 3. Has 100 senators, two from each state — Legislative 4. Is led by the Chief Justice — Judicial 5. Signs bills to make them laws — 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.