[PAR] [TLE] Florida Legislative Investigation Committee [SEP] The Florida Legislative Investigation Committee (also known as the Johns Committee) was established by the Florida Legislature in 1956, during the era of the Second Red Scare and the Lavender Scare.  Like the more famous anti-Communist investigative committees of the McCarthy period in the United States Congress, the Florida committee undertook a wide-ranging investigation of potentially subversive activities by academics, Civil Rights Movement groups, and suspected communist organizations, and also attempted to eliminate homosexuals from state government and public education. [PAR] [TLE] McCarthyism [SEP] McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.  The term refers to U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from 1947 to 1956 and characterized by heightened political repression as well as a campaign spreading fear of influence on American institutions and of espionage by Soviet agents.
[PAR] [TLE] Florida Legislative Investigation Committee [ SEP ] The Florida Legislative Investigation Committee ( also known as the Johns Committee ) was established by the Florida Legislature in 1956 , during the era of the Second Red Scare and the Lavender Scare . Like the more famous anti - Communist investigative committees of the McCarthy period in the United States Congress , the Florida committee undertook a wide - ranging investigation of potentially subversive activities by academics , Civil Rights Movement groups , and suspected communist organizations , and also attempted to eliminate homosexuals from state government and public education . [PAR] [TLE] McCarthyism [ SEP ] McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence . The term refers to U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare , lasting roughly from 1947 to 1956 and characterized by heightened political repression as well as a campaign spreading fear of influence on American institutions and of espionage by Soviet agents .
Who created the practice in which the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee used during the era of the Second Red Scare?
Who created the practice in which the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee used during the era of the Second Red Scare ?
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy