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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: Can veto a bill, Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law, Carries out the laws, Can declare war, Decides what laws mean, Makes the laws

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

Sort: The President, Has 100 senators, two from each state, Has nine justices, Its judges can serve for life, The House of Representatives, Lives and works in the White House

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

Sort: Decides if a law follows the Constitution, The Senate, Congress, Commands the armed forces, The Supreme Court, Signs bills to make them laws

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — The Three Branches

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Can declare war — Legislative 2. Can veto a bill — Executive 3. Carries out the laws — Executive 4. Decides what laws mean — Judicial 5. Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law — Judicial 6. Makes the laws — Legislative
  2. 2.1. Has 100 senators, two from each state — Legislative 2. Has nine justices — Judicial 3. Its judges can serve for life — Judicial 4. Lives and works in the White House — Executive 5. The House of Representatives — Legislative 6. The President — Executive
  3. 3.1. Commands the armed forces — Executive 2. Congress — Legislative 3. Decides if a law follows the Constitution — Judicial 4. Signs bills to make them laws — Executive 5. The Senate — Legislative 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.