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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, Signs bills to make them laws, Lives and works in the White House, Congress, Is led by the Chief Justice, Decides if a law follows the Constitution

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

Sort: Decides what laws mean, Decides how the national government spends money, Its judges can serve for life, Commands the armed forces, The Senate, Chooses the members of the Cabinet

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

Sort: Has 100 senators, two from each state, The Vice President, Votes on new laws, called bills, The President, Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law, Has nine justices

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — The Three Branches

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Can declare war — Legislative 2. Congress — Legislative 3. Decides if a law follows the Constitution — Judicial 4. Is led by the Chief Justice — Judicial 5. Lives and works in the White House — Executive 6. Signs bills to make them laws — Executive
  2. 2.1. Chooses the members of the Cabinet — Executive 2. Commands the armed forces — Executive 3. Decides how the national government spends money — Legislative 4. Decides what laws mean — Judicial 5. Its judges can serve for life — Judicial 6. The Senate — Legislative
  3. 3.1. Has 100 senators, two from each state — Legislative 2. Has nine justices — Judicial 3. Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law — Judicial 4. The President — Executive 5. The Vice President — 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.