Question: The bill of rights applies to the states through this amendment?

context: Incorporation, in United States law, is the doctrine by which portions of the Bill of Rights have been made applicable to the states. When the Bill of Rights was ratified, the courts held that its protections extended only to the actions of the federal government and that the Bill of Rights did not place limitations on the authority of the state and local governments. However, the post-Civil War era, beginning in 1865 with the Thirteenth Amendment, which declared the abolition of slavery, gave rise to the incorporation of other Amendments, applying more rights to the states and people over time. Gradually, various portions of the Bill of Rights have been held to be applicable to the state and local governments by incorporation through the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868 and the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870.
question: The bill of rights applies to the states through this 1868 amendment?
short_answers: Amendment XIV
Fourteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
context: The Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV) to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It was ratified on February 3, 1870, as the third and last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
question: The bill of rights applies to the states through this 1870 amendment?
short_answers: Amendment XV
Fifteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Answer: By incorporation through both the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868 and the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870, various portions of the Bill of Rights have been held to be applicable to the state and local governments. Incorporation is the doctrine by which portions of the Bill of Rights have been made applicable to the states. When the Bill of Rights was ratified, the courts held that the Bill of Rights did not place limitations on the authority of the state and local governments.