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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: The Vice President, Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law, The House of Representatives, Can declare war, The Supreme Court, Lives and works in the White House

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

Sort: Votes on new laws, called bills, Signs bills to make them laws, Makes the laws, Decides what laws mean, The President, Its judges can serve for life

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

Sort: Commands the armed forces, Has nine justices, Federal judges and courts, Congress, Chooses the members of the Cabinet, Has 100 senators, two from each state

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

LessonPrint · D2.Civ.5.3-5 · Set 6 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — The Three Branches

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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